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.

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.