ActiveGate hardware and system requirements
This topic explains the hardware and operating system requirements for installing ActiveGate.
Hardware requirements
You need a machine dedicated to ActiveGate that has:
- 2 GB free disk space
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 1 dual core processor
Note: For large environments, you may need to use a machine with additional CPU and memory.
Hardware requirements for synthetic-enabled ActiveGate
The Environment ActiveGate running private browser monitors should meet the following hardware requirements depending on the number of tests executed per hour. The table below presents current limits of tests run from a single location and you won't be able to run more by scaling up the machine.
| XS (2 vCPU) | S (4 vCPU) | M (8 vCPU) | L (16 vCPU) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min free disk | 20 GB | 25GB | 30GB | 40GB |
| Min RAM | 4GB | 8GB | 16GB | 32GB |
| Min free RAM | 3GB | 5GB | 8GB | 12GB |
| Max number of tests/h1 | 300 | 650 | 1200 | 2200 |
1 As determined in our internal tests. The actual value may vary, depending on the complexity of your monitors.
System requirements
- Ensure that you have proper network port configuration.
- Your operating system must handle at least
500000open files for therootuser
Note: To view the system limit, execute the following command:cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max.
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Supported operating systems
| Windows OS | Versions |
|---|---|
| Windows Server | 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 |
| Windows | 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
| Linux distribution | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6, 71 |
| Ubuntu | 12.04+, 14.04+, 16.04+1 |
| openSUSE | 13 |
| CentOS | 6, 71 |
| Amazon Linux AMI | 2014.03, 2017.09 |
1 Versions supported for private browser monitors.