Installation And Upgrades; Requirements - IBM Aspera HST Admin Manual

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Installation and Upgrades

Before you install the current release, review the following information about hardware and software requirements,
system preparation for upgrades or downgrades, installation instructions, and product security configuration.

Requirements

System requirements for HST Server.
• Product-specific Aspera license file.
• Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS; Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic; architecture: ppc64-le
Note: Your OS version must support Little Endian (LE) and it must run on IBM Power hardware that supports
LE.
• SSH Server. Version 7.0 or higher is recommended.
To use the Node API:
• The line 127.0.0.1 localhost must appear in the hosts file:
/etc/hosts
• For UNIX-based nodes, SELinux must be set to permissive or disabled, not enforced. Check the status
of SELinux with the following command:
# sestatus
If SELinux is set to enforced, see
enforced, or if sestatus reports that SELinux is not installed on your system, you do not need to take further
action.
• To run node-to-node transfers, the remote node must have version 3.7.4 or later. Earlier versions use an SSH key
type that is no longer accepted by servers as of version 3.7.4.
To support the HST Server web UI:
• Apache version 2.4.x.
The HST Server web UI supports the following web browsers:
Windows: Chrome 64-71, Microsoft Edge 41-44, Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 58-64, Firefox ESR 52-60
•
macOS: Chrome 64-71, Firefox 58-64, Safari 11-12, Firefox ESR 52-60
•
• Linux: Chrome 64-71, Firefox 58-64, Firefox ESR 52-60
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