====== Prerequisites ======

  The Redpeaks cockpit application needs one central cockpit application server and one or several collectors
  You will find in this guide the mandatory prerequisites for a successful installation
  
===== Skills =====

  * Those responsible for installing the solution should have the following skills:
    * Basic linux administration for installing software and creating user accounts
    * SAP basis users & authorizations administration
    * Database users administration
    * Network administration to implement network routes

===== Redpeaks cockpit host =====

==== Hardware ====

The hardware requirements directly depends on the number of devices that you want to monitor.​

^  SAP systems   ^  CPU      ^  Application Memory  ^  Disk   ^
|  <10           |  8 Cores  |  16 GB    |  100 GB  |
|  <50           |  8 Cores  |  16 GB    |  200 GB  |
|  <100          |  8 Cores  |  32 GB   |  400 GB  |
|  >100          |  16 Cores  |  32 GB    |  1 TB  |


==== Software ====

**Supported OS:** 
  * **Linux** CentOS/SUSE/RedHat (7 or above) **systemctl** must be available for a smooth installation

**Third party software:**
  * Java OpenJDK > 15 (**64 bits**)
  * Victoria metrics
  * MySQL Server > 8.0


===== Redpeaks collector host =====

  * See [[https://wiki.redpeaks.io/doku.php?id=products:promonitor:6.8:installguide:prerequisites|Redpeaks collector prerequisites]]