Requirements

The server requirements of Knovvu Virtual Agent solution are further defined.

Important Notes:

• Database may be named:

  • VA:
    • SestekRaven
    • VAReporting
    • OutboundManager
  • ML:
    • SestekAI
  • LC:
    • SestekLiveChat

• Cluster requirements are defined for OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms.

• In cases where Sestek installs the Kubernetes Clusters and DevOps Terminal, CentOS 7/8 and RHEL 7/8 are supported.

• The requested hardware must be provided upfront. It will not be possible to monitor and increase resources later.

• Customers are responsible for providing the exact required hardware. Using lower specifications could lead to misunderstandings and misaddressed issues related to performance problems.

• All services may be located on virtual machines if the following conditions are satisfied:

  • VM resources should be assigned and dedicated only for Virtual Agent and Machine Learning services.

  • The physical servers hosting the VMs must have at least the same number of logical cores as the VM cores.

  • No-expiration rule for user passwords.

  • A single VM resource is considered as 8 cores and 16 GB RAM or will be defined specifically during hardware sizing calculations.

  • The license machine must be Windows Server 2016 or newer.

  • Minimum connection speed should be 100 Mb/s.

• If add-on Generative AI features are used, network permissions must be provided.

Database Notes:

• Database maintenance tasks, such as periodic backups and replication, are expected to be handled by the customer's own database management resources.

• PostgreSQL versions 12, 13, and 14 are officially supported. The collation should be set as "en-u-ks-primary."

• If PostgreSQL 14 is used, the operating system must have libicu version 54 or above installed to ensure compatibility.

• Like queries collation: "en-US-x-icu" for common cases.

• If Microsoft SQL is used as a database management system, it must be version 2016 or newer.

• A dedicated MS SQL Server database user must be created and granted db_owner privileges on the target database. Please note that Knovvu products do not support Windows Authentication for MS SQL Server.

• For MSSQL, the required collation is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS.

• If the customer uses a consolidated database, it may be utilized for the project.

• Permission to connect to the database must be granted to the database user.

Connectivity (Communication) Matrix

Please find the network connection mapping in the following table:

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