System requirements and prerequisites

Operating system

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 and 8.5

CPU

4 cores or more

RAM

16 GB or more

HDD

512 GB or more

This depends on the actual amount of data loaded into the application.
Production environments may require more disk space, depending on the actual volume of data loaded into the application.

Browser
(to access the Blue Prism Process Intelligence website)
  • Google Chrome 100 or later
  • Microsoft Edge 100 or later

Additional software
Included in the installer:
  • Redis .2.5
  • NodeJS 14.17
  • Python 3.8.10
  • Nginx 1.20.1
Downloaded from the Internet:

The installer automatically downloads and installs the following additional software from the Internet. If your machine is not connected to the Internet, the program will ask you to download it manually and prompt sources.

  • PostgreSQL 12

    Only needed if a local database is used. It will not be installed on the host machine if a remote database is chosen during installation.

  • container-selinux 2.119.2

  • Docker

    v.19.03.9 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

    v.20.10.9 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • Docker Compose 1.27.4
  • Docker container 18.06.0-ce (with minideb docker-image)
Need to be installed and configured before installing Process Intelligence:

  • SMTP Server

    Process Intelligence needs access to a running SMTP server to be able to send verification emails, notifications, invitations, and alerts.

Other requirements

The target machine must be connected to the Internet during the installation.

Scaling guidelines

The exact calculation of necessary hardware requires multiple parameters such as data volume and use patterns. However, the general guidelines can be defined as follows:

  • If the number of concurrent users is less than 10 and the data update frequency is one per day or less, a single server should be sufficient.
  • For more users or more frequent data updates, a separate server for DBMS is recommended.
  • For a fault-tolerant environment, use two identical servers and any standard load balancer.