Prerequisites

Currently Pulse services are packaged under containerised based deployed using Docker. It follows server-agent architecture as described in below single node installation diagram:

Server-Agent Architecture for Single Node Installation

Above diagram illustrates two zones Internet accessible and Internal Enterprise VPN/DC, internet accessibility is required for accessing Pulse binaries for online based installation or live upgrades.

In case of unavailability to connect and download Pulse packages, we recommend alternative offline installation based approach.

Next sub-sections contains following list of requirements:

• Pulse Server Resource Calculator
• Pulse Server Configuration Requirements
• Pulse Server Docker Requirements
• Cluster Configuration Changes