The FlexDeploy™ Installation Guide provides system specifications and instructions for installing FlexDeploy and its components. See FlexDeploy Architecture for architecture details.
See FlexDeploy System Requirements for details on software and hardware requirements.
Automated Installation
Tomcat, InfluxDB, and Database Schemas are upgraded. This is supported only on Linux.
Manual Installation with included Tomcat
FlexDeploy can be installed or upgraded in a custom fashion on Windows or Linux. Usually the automated installer / upgraded above is recommended. Don’t follow this path without consulting the support team.
Downloading FlexDeploy
For customers with active subscriptions, FlexDeploy can be downloaded from the Flexagon Support Site.
Download Influx Database (only required if using FlexDeploy version 6.0+)
Docker Installation
The following FlexDeploy docker images can be downloaded directly from docker hub.
flexdeploy/fd_tcat
This image is intended for production use.
Installation
Automated Installation - This is recommended for most customers.
flexdeploy/fd_tcat_postgres
This image is for POC and Demo purposes only. This means if you delete the image all of your data will be deleted.
Installation
Automated installation is not supported, however it’s a pretty simple installation process for this image.
Windows with embedded database for Trials
Tomcat, InfluxDB, and PostgreSQL is setup. This is supported only on Windows.
Running FlexDeploy with embedded database on Windows
Advanced Customizations
- Change FlexDeploy process user on Linux
- Enabling HSTS on FlexDeploy (Tomcat)
- Tuning Postgres for better performance if "cold" reads are slow
- Enabling HTTPS on FlexDeploy (Tomcat)
- FlexDeploy Backups Repository
- FlexDeploy on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
- Using FlexDeploy with a load Balancer that offloads HTTPS
- Using FlexDeploy to access external services through a proxy