Installation and Update

Installation

Information

• PLANTA pulse can either be set up via an OVA based appliance or based on Docker / Podman in a Linux system.

Appliance

Information

• Based on an OVA image: Can be used in virtualization solutions like VMWare
• Contains a Linux server (based on PhotonOS) which already contains Docker, docker-compose and the application containers.

Adjusting the service specification

• Start and maintenance by SSH login on the virtual server
  • Start in the /opt/planta directory via docker-compose up -d
• Further configuration
  • The standard network is 172.17.0.0/28 and 172.18.0.0/28.

Docker

Information

• Requirements for operation:
  • Server (virtual or physical), further information
  • Docker / Podman installation
  • Docker Compose / Podman Compose installation
  • MongoDB installation (dedicated or in container)

Download and adjustment of the service specification (using Docker as example)

• Starting the services:
  • Manual adjustment of the MongoDB (if no dedicated installation available)
    • Configure ReplicaSet
  • docker-compose up -d
• Adjustment:
  • In the docker-compose.yml, the services can be configured.

Configuration

Before starting: Adjustment of the service specification

• Domain names
• Authentication
• Database (if dedicated database available)
• Data backup

Further configuration via the Administration panel

• Mail server
• Authentication

Getting Started

Information

• In order to use PLANTA pulse, a first user needs to be registered first.
  • This user will receive global admin rights automatically.
  • The domain of the first user is set as the internal domain.

Procedure

• Open the PLANTA pulse system.
• In the login mask, click Register.
• Enter a username, e-mail and password.
• Click Register.
• The user can now open the Administration panel and add users, if needed, or create an API user.
  • An API user is a technical user who is used to configure the REST API from external systems.

Note

• In order to register a user, the self registration needs to be allowed in the Meteor Settings.