HQ Server Requirements

HQ supports only one HQ Server on a single host. The host must have a static IP address for server communications.

HQ Server JRE Requirements

HQ Server can run with a 1.5 or 1.6 JRE. 

For HQ Server, 4.2, Hyperic recommends a 1.6 JRE. 

In HQ 4.2, platform-specific HQ Server installers include a 1.6 JRE.

In HQ 4.0 and 4.1, platform-specific HQ Server installers include a 1.5 JRE. 

Use the platform-independent server installer if you prefer to use an existing JRE in your environment, or if no architecture-specific HQ Server package is available.

HQ Server Resource Requirements

For small to medium deployments, up to 50 managed platforms:

• 1 GHz or higher Pentium 4, or equivalent (2 x 2.4GHz Pentium Xeon or equivalent recommended)
• 1 GB RAM (4 or more GB recommended)
• 1-5 GB Free Disk Space

HQ Server Operating System Requirements

• Linux
• Solaris 10 or higher
• Mac OS X (Intel x86)
• Windows 2003 Server

Notes:

Although Hyperic does not support HQ Server running under Windows XP in production environments, the configuration works; you can run small evaluation deployments under Windows XP.

For Unix-based platforms, the libXp.so.6 X library is required. See below.

X Libraries on Unix-Based Platforms

On Unix-based platforms, HQ Server requires the libXp.so.6 X library to create charts and other graphics in the HQ Portal. The location of this library varies by version and provider:

• Enterprise Linux---As of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and CentOS 4, libXp.so.6 is in the xorg-x11-deprecated-libs RPM.

• Debian---install the libxp6, libxt6, libxtst6, and libx11-6 packages.

• Fedora Core 5---as of Fedora Core 5, the libXp.so library has been split out to its own package; install the libXp RPM.

• Other distributions---The required libraries can be found in either the XFree86-libs or the xorg-x11-libs package.

HQ Server Supported Databases

HQ is packaged with a built-in PostgreSQL V8.2.5 database, which is suitable for evaluation or very small HQ deployments.
Hyperic does not support deployments that use the built-in database for production deployments with more than 25 managed platforms. 

For production deployments, Hyperic recommends running the HQ database on MySQL or Oracle, located on a different host than the HQ Server.

Hyperic supports the use of these databases for an external HQ database:

• MySQL
  • MySQL Enterprise Server and MySQL Community Server, v5.1.x (recommended)
  • MySQL Enterprise Server and MySQL Community Server, v5.0.45 or higher

• Oracle:
  • 9i or 10g for HQ 4.0
  • 10g or 11g for HQ 4.1 and later

• PostgreSQL
  • PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher
  • Exception: Hyperic does not support the use of PostgreSQL running under Windows in production deployments, and for production environments recommends the use of MySQL or Oracle.

Supported Browsers

The HQ user interface supports Firefox 1.5.x and 2.0.x, Safari, and Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers. Firefox is recommended.