QuickStart Guide

System Requirements

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The following system requirements are for an ESXi-based deployment for Litmus Edge Manager.

Note: ESXi or a similar hypervisor is required to deploy Litmus Edge Manager. Bare metal deployment is not supported.

Minimum Requirements

Review the following minimum requirements for desktop distribution.

Hardware

Minimum Requirements

Processor

Memory

16 GB RAM

Storage

80 GB available space

Network ports

1 Bridged

Direct connection to corporate LAN allows for internet connection and other TCP/IP communication to other systems. An available IP is required.

Firmware

EFI

Storage Controller Type

SATA

Recommended Configurations

Review the following recommended configurations for data center distribution.

Hardware

Recommended Configuration

Processor

Memory

32 GB RAM

Storage

1 TB available space or more

Network ports

1 Bridged

Direct connection to corporate LAN allows for internet connection and other TCP/IP communication to other systems. An IP address must be acquired to this.

Firmware

EFI

Storage Controller type

SATA

Firewall Port Configuration Requirements

The Litmus Edge Manager must have the following ports open for the following corresponding functions.

Port

Protocol

Encrypted

Optional

Direction

Port Function / Usage for Litmus Edge Manager

Description / Additional Details

Source

(Port is used by who/what)

Destination

(Port must be opened at)

22

TCP

Yes

Session Key

Yes

Inbound

SSH

Managing a Litmus Edge

Managing instances using SSH

Litmus Edge Manager  Admins

Litmus Edge Manager

80

TCP

Redirects to HTTPS

Yes

Inbound

HTTP, redirect SSL

Accessing Litmus Edge Manager UI if you entered only the domain name without the protocol in a browser

Domain validation when using Let's Encrypt SSL

Litmus Edge Manager  users

Litmus Edge Manager

123

UDP

No

Yes

Inbound

Network Time Protocol

Used to transform Litmus Edge Manager version 2.8.0 and later as an NTP Server. See NTP for details.

Litmus Edge

Litmus Edge Manager

443

TCP / HTTPS

Yes

SSL

No

Inbound

Access to Litmus Edge Manager UI

Access to Litmus Edge Manager REST API

Access to Litmus Edge Manager Admin Docker registry

Access to Keycloak authorization server

Used by Litmus Edge Manager to communicate with Litmus Edge

Pre-signed links are generated on this port.

Minio Storage (Update file repo)

Litmus Edge



Litmus Edge Manager  users

Litmus Edge Manager

8123

TCP

No

optional (settable on screen)

Yes

Inbound

Litmus Edge Manager  Clickhouse database HTTP interface



Third-party Integration / Reporting tools

Litmus Edge Manager

8446

TCP

Yes

SSL

No

Inbound

Access to Litmus Edge Manager Admin UI



Litmus Edge Manager  Admins

Litmus Edge Manager

8543

TCP

Yes

SSL

Yes

Inbound

Litmus Edge Manager  Clickhouse database HTTPS interface



Third-party Integration / Reporting tools

Litmus Edge Manager

8883

MQTT / TCP

Yes

MQTTS

No

Inbound

Litmus Edge Manager MQTT server

CC Connector: Sending data from Litmus Edge to Litmus Edge Manager

Litmus Edge

Litmus Edge Manager

9000

TCP

Optional (encryption initiated from client side)

Yes

Inbound

Litmus Edge Manager  Clickhouse Native interface



Third-party Integration / Report tools

Litmus Edge Manager

9004

TCP

Optional (encryption initiated from client side)

Yes

Inbound

Litmus Edge Manager  Clickhouse MySQL interface



Third-party Integration / Reporting tools

Litmus Edge Manager

9092

TCP

Optional (encryption initiated from client side)

Yes

Inbound

Access to Litmus Edge Manager  Kafka PLAIN connection



Third-party Integration / Reporting tools

Litmus Edge Manager

9093

TCP

Yes

SSL (Optional)

Yes

Inbound

Access to Litmus Edge Manager Kafka SSL connection



Third-party Integration / Reporting tools

Litmus Edge Manager

51820

UDP

Yes

Remote Access

No

Inbound

EdgeRemote

(uses Remote Access)

Enables Litmus Edge Manager management (Remote UI, templates, marketplace, metrics and so on) of all connected Litmus Edge instances.

Used for remotely updating the version of connected Litmus Edge instances.

Requires 443 to be open.

Litmus Edge

Litmus Edge Manager