Requirements and Recommendations

Software

To obtain our software, please visit our downloads page at: https://ems.element.io/on-premise/download

Kubernetes Application (Multiple Nodes)

For an installation into a kubernetes environment, make sure you have a Kubernetes platform deployed that you have access to and head over to Kubernetes Installations. You will also need a linux computer to run the installer from. That computer should be running RHEL 8 or RHEL 9 or Ubuntu.

Standalone (Single Node)

For a standalone installation, please note that we support these on the following platforms:

Ubuntu Server 20.04
Enterprise Linux 8 or 9 (RHEL, CentOS Stream, etc.)

Once you have a server with one of these installed, please head over to Single Node Installations

Airgapped Environments

If you are going to be installing into an airgapped environment (one without internet connectivity), you will need to also download the airgapped installer, which is ~6GB of data that will need to be transferred to your airgapped environment. More information on this can be found in our airgapped installation documentation here: https://ems-docs.element.io/books/element-on-premise-documentation/page/using-the-installer-in-an-air-gapped-environment