Zephyr Server Requirements

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Apr 28, 2021
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Zephyr Enterprise must run in an isolated instance where there is no Jira running or any other Tomcat.

  • Zephyr Enterprise 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 Enterprise installed on a separate instance from where you have your Jira/Tomcat installed. 

Zephyr Enterprise 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 (2 Ghz or higher)

RAM

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

Disk Space

At least 5 GB free (250 GB-1 TB 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: OpenJDK 8 (recommended) or Oracle JDK 8 

Note: No other Tomcat or MySQL can be installed on the machine.††

DatabaseMySQL 5.6 or 5.7 series

Zephyr Enterprise Server (for Linux On-Premise installations only)

OS

Red Hat Enterprise 64-bit (the latest supported version is RHEL 8)
CentOS 64-bit
Ubuntu/Debian 64-bit 
SUSE/openSUSE 64-bit

CPU

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

RAM

Minimum 8 GB; Preferred 12 GB

Disk Space

At least 5 GB free (250 GB-1 TB 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: OpenJDK 8 (recommended) or Oracle JDK 8.

MySQL Connector - JDBC 5.1.40

Note: NO other Tomcat or MySQL can be installed on the machine.††

Database

MySQL 5.6 or 5.7 series

Zephyr Client

OS

Any Desktop OS

Browser

Any one of these versions that support WebSockets:

  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer 11 (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

ZBots

OS

Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, or 2019
Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise, or Windows 10 Enterprise
Linux (Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, SUSE) 
macOS 

CPU

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

RAM

Minimum 1 GB

Disk Space

At least 100 MB free

Networking

Wired Ethernet

Account

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

Software

OpenJDK 8 or 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
  • 9200 is used by Elasticsearch
  • 5701, 5702, 37000, 37001 are used by Hazelcast

Software versions explained:

  • Elasticsearch is required to install Zephyr Enterprise Server. The supported Elasticsearch version is 7.9.2
  • 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.