Prerequisites for installing the server software on Ubuntu
To install Rational® Test Automation Server on the Ubuntu platform, you must first perform certain tasks.
The following section describes each prerequisite in detail:
Internet access
You must have access to the internet to install Rational® Test Automation Server.
Ubuntu server
You must set up an Ubuntu server V18.04.4 or later (V20.04 is not supported) with the following minimum requirements:
- 128 GB of disk space
- 32 GB of RAM
- 8 CPUs
You must have root access to the Ubuntu server.
Depending on your testing workload, Rational® Test Automation Server might require more resources. As a best practice, you must use the entire
disk space and set up Logical Volume Manager (LVM) by using the
ext4 file system. If your organization requires
application data to be stored in a separate partition, you can create a mount
point at /var/snap/microk8s/common/default-storage/ with at
least 128 GB capacity.
For more information about specific system requirements, see Release Notes for IBM Rational Test Automation Server.
Non-root user
You do not require to use a root account by default and when needed you can use the sudo command to execute a single command as the root user. If you do not want to be prompted for a password each time when you run the sudo command, you can enable the password less sudo environment by performing the following steps:
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Run the
sudo visudocommand to modify thesudosettings. -
Locate the
%sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALLand modify it to%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALLin the file. -
Save your changes, and then close the editor.
Other software
You must have installed the following additional software:
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Helm V3.2.4 or later. For more information, refer to the Installing Helm section in the Helm documentation.
Note: You must ensure that you have access to the Kubernetes cluster with required privileges before installing Helm. You can contact your cluster administrator to gain access to the cluster. For more information, refer to the Accessing Clusters section in the Kubernetes documentation. -
OpenSSH Server. For more information, refer to the Installation section in the OpenSSH Server documentation.
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Optional: You can install Jaeger operator to trace test logs and Jaeger-based reports when you run tests. For more information, refer to the Jaeger operator documentation.
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Optional: You can install Prometheus server to monitor your system resources by using metrics data that are collected by a Prometheus server. For more information, refer to the Installation section in the Prometheus documentation.