Zephyr Server Requirements

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May 18, 2020

Zephyr must run in an isolated instance where there is no Jira running or any other Tomcat.

  • Zephyr should only be installed on its' own server. If you are running a Jira instance, it should be installed on a different server.
  • We recommend you to have Zephyr installed on a separate instance from where you have your Jira/Tomcat installed. 


Zephyr Server (for Windows On-Premise Installations only)

OS

Windows Server 2008 / 2012 / 2016 / 2019
Windows 7 Enterprise / Windows 8 Enterprise / Windows 10 Enterprise

CPU

Quad-core CPU Intel Pentium or AMD Opteron (2Ghz or higher)

RAM

Minimum 8GB; Preferred 12GB
RAM recommendations can be found here 

Disk Space

At least 5GB Free (250GB-1TB recommended for large enterprise installations)

Networking

Wired Ethernet
Static IP address
REQUIRED† Ports: 80, 443 (if HTTPS)
Firewall (if present): Allow ports 80, 443 (if HTTPS). Must support WebSocket protocol
Proxy (if present): Must support WebSocket protocol

Account

Administrator access to the machine 
Installer and services needs to "Run As Administrator"

Software

Java: Oracle JDK 8 

  • Oracle JDK must be JDK 8u101 or higher. JRE is not supported
  • Note: NO other Tomcat or MySQL can be installed on the machine. JRE is not supported††
  • Please refer to Note on Oracle JDK License Update
DatabaseMySQL 5.6 or 5.7 series


Zephyr Server (for Linux On-Premise Installations only)

OS

RedHat Enterprise 64-bit

CentOS 64-bit

Ubuntu/Debian 64-bit 

SUSE/openSUSE 64-bit

CPU

Quad-core CPU Intel Pentium or AMD Opteron (2Ghz or higher)

RAM

Minimum 8GB; Preferred 12GB

Disk Space

At least 5GB Free (250GB-1TB recommended for large enterprise installations)

Networking

Wired Ethernet
Static IP address
REQUIRED† Ports: 80, 443 (if HTTPS)
Firewall (if present): Allow ports 80, 443 (if HTTPS). Must support WebSocket protocol
Proxy (if present): Must support WebSocket protocol

Account

Superuser (root) access to the machine 
Installer and services needs to run as "root"

Software

Java: Oracle JDK 8

MySQL Connector-  JDBC 5.1.40

  • Note: NO other Tomcat or MySQL can be installed on the machine. JRE is not supported††
Database

MySQL 5.6 or 5.7 series

Zephyr Client

OS

Any Desktop OS

Browser

Any one of these versions that support Web Sockets:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Safari
  • Internet Explorer 11 is not recommended

Networking

Client machine must have access to port 80 for HTTP connection (or 443 for HTTPS) to the Zephyr Server

OtherScreen resolution of 1280x1024 (1280x900 for widescreen) or higher


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OS

Windows Server 2008 / 2012 / 2016 / 2019
Windows 7 Enterprise / Windows 8 Enterprise / Windows 10 Enterprise
Linux (RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, SUSE) 
MacOS 

CPU

Dual-core CPU Intel Pentium or AMD Opteron (2Ghz or higher)

RAM

Minimum 1GB

Disk Space

At least 100MB Free

Networking

Wired Ethernet

Account

Administrator access to the machine 
Installer and services needs to "Run As Administrator"

Software

Oracle JDK 8. JRE is not supported

Database Requirements

Evaluation EnvironmentProduction Environment
The Zephyr Enterprise installer provides an option for using Embedded MySQL for the database. This should only be used for evaluation purposes and not for production instances.We recommend you always use an external database for improved performance and easy maintenance when setting up your production instance/server. This provides you with proper system performance for your Zephyr instance.

Additional Notes

All port numbers mentioned are by default, and can be configured to fit your specific environment setup. If any firewalls or proxies are present, it is required that they support the WebSocket protocol.

Ports Explained:

  • 80, 443(if HTTPS), 8005 and 8009 are used by tomcat and can be configured in the server.xml file under zephyr\tomcat\conf\
  • 3306 is used by MySQL in Linux and configured in the my.cnf
  • 9300 is used by Elastic search
  • 5701, 5702, 37000, 37001 are used by Hazelcast

Software Version Explained:

  • Elasticsearch 5.5.0 is strictly required for installing Zephyr Server.
  • The MySQL software has to be the major/minor (5.6.X or 5.7.X) version
  • No other MySQL should be present on the server instance
  • Oracle JDK must be JDK 8u101 or higher. JRE is not supported
  • Zephyr Enterprise Server for Windows includes MySQL in the installation package on top of allowing remote MySQL
  • Zephyr Enterprise Server for Linux requires a separate installation of MySQL not included in the installation package on top of allowing remote MySQL