Installation requirements for a POC
Create an account on https://ems.element.io/user/hosting. Report back which email you used, so we use this account to give you access to the installer package.
Create a matrix.org account on https://app.element.io/#/register and report back your matrix ID, so I can invite in a room where we can support you.
Standalone server
Supported OS
- Ubuntu Server 20.04
- Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL, CentOS Stream, etc.)
Recommended server configuration
- 6 vCPUs/CPUs and 16GB (8 vCPUs/CPUs and 32GB if enabling federation after the POC)
Network
Server with internet access or limited internet access
Element Enterprise On-Premise needs to bind and serve content over:
- Port 80 TCP
- Port 443 TCP
You need to make sure that your host is able to access the following hosts on the internet:
- api.snapcraft.io
- *.snapcraftcontent.com
- gitlab.matrix.org
- gitlab-registry.matrix.org
- pypi.org
- docker.io
- *.docker.com
- get.helm.sh
- k8s.gcr.io
- cloud.google.com
- storage.googleapis.com
To be confirmed (from a message from gael)
- quay.io
- galaxy.ansible.com
- pypi.org
- mirror.gcr.io
- github.com
- registry-1.docker.io # according to https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/v22.06.0-beta.0/registry/config.go#L25-L55
- index.docker.io
If you need to use a proxy to access the internet, please read Configuring a microk8s Single Node Instance to Use a Network Proxy
Server without any internet access
Since the server cannot access the upstream repositories directly and our installer has a lot of dependencies with the OS, you need to mirror repos to provide packages for the server on your LAN that is not connected to the internet.
You can choose a web server that will serve the mirrored repos to your LAN. You can also use a distro’s ISO file as an installation source servinfg as a local repository
Without this requirement satisfied, our installer will fail.
Certificates
You need a domain for your installation and