Installation
Information
- PLANTA pulse can either be set up via an OVA based appliance or based on Docker 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 installation
- Docker Compose installation
- MongoDB installation (dedicated or in Docker container)
Download and adjustment of the service specification
- Starting the services:
- Manual adjustment of the MongoDB (if no dedicated installation available)
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.
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.