Kiuwan on premise installer is a powerful tool that suits multiple environment scenarios:

Single-host full contained installation.
Multi-host installation where infrastructure services are externalized.
Multi-host installation where kiuwan services are distributed.
Any combination of the two previous scenarios.

Depending on your needs, a different installation approach will be needed. Check this installation guide for details on how to proceed and find the solution that best fits your requirements.

System requirements

Installation requirements

It is mandatory for any host where a Kiuwan on premises service is installed to meet this requirements:

Linux distribution
Linux kernel version 3.10 or higher
Connectivity to SMTP Mail Server.
Internet connectivity during the installation process.
Installing user must be root or have sudo privileges.

These software is also needed:

Docker >=19.03.2
Docker-compose >= 1.24.1
A Java Runtime Environment >=8
openssl >= 1.0.2
unzip
GNU tar

Please follow Docker official recommendations when installing Docker. Check the URLs for your Linux distribution:

CPU and memory requirements

The Kiuwan on premise installation tool (kiuwan-cluster)

Kiuwan on premise installation process is carried out by our "kiuwan-cluster" tool.

The tool is provided as a tar.gz file. The following table summarizes the resources you will find once the tool distribution is extracted:

Resource	Purpose
/config/volumes.properties	Configuration file to set where your persistent volumes will reside.
/docker/*.sh	Advanced shell scripts to interact with your Kiuwan on premise installation.
/logs	The installation logs.
/ssl	Tools that ease the certificate creation to keep Kiuwan on premise under a secure environment.
/user-content	A place to put resources the installation process will need.
/volumes	The empty persistent volumes (that may be copied to different locations depending on your installation needs).
*.sh	Main shell scripts to interact with your Kiuwan on premise installation.