System requirements

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For details about supported platforms for CloudBees CI on traditional platforms such as Java support, plugin compatibility, and supported Docker environments, refer to Supported platforms for CloudBees CI on traditional platforms.

Hardware requirements

CloudBees has the following minimum hardware requirements for installing the operations center:

  • 2 GB of RAM for the JVM with additional RAM available for the operating system, typically 4 GB

  • 2 CPUs or vCPUs [1]

  • 20 GB of drive space; solid-state drive (SSD) or equivalent high IOPS drive recommended

CloudBees has the following minimum hardware requirements for installing the client controllers:

  • 4 GB of RAM for the JVM (additional RAM also required for the Operating System, typically 4 GB), with a recommended maximum of 16 GB for the JVM

  • 2 CPUs or vCPUs

  • 20 GB of drive space; solid-state drive (SSD) or equivalent high IOPS drive recommended

For an agent (performs project building work), the suggested hardware requirements are:

  • 8 GB of RAM

  • 2 CPUs or vCPUs

  • 50 GB of drive space; SSD or equivalent high IOPS drive recommended

For Elasticsearch (used to store metrics and logs, which are displayed on Kibana and included within the Analytics plugin), the minimum hardware requirements are:

  • 16 GB of RAM

  • 4 CPUs or vCPUs

  • 3 GB+ or drive space

Installing cbsupport

Before installing CloudBees CI on traditional platforms, you should install the cbsupport command-line tool. You can use cbsupport to collect data commonly required for supporting CloudBees products. You can then send that data to the CloudBees Support team to troubleshoot any issues with your CloudBees CI on traditional platforms solution.

For instructions on how to install cbsupport, refer to the cbsupport CLI documentation.