TAS server requirement matrix by server type

The table lists the third-party products required on each type of TAS server, installed by the RPM packages.

The customer has the option of using the RPM packages provided, or installing the required third-party products on their own.

Server requirement	TAS Applications server	TAS Datastore server
Ansible Handles configuration-management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task-execution, and multinode orchestration.	-	-
Python Python library for the Docker API to run Docker commands from within Python apps.
Perl Scripting utility.	-	-
Dos2unix Converts text files with MAC or DOS line breaks to Unix line breaks, and vice-versa. Used by Ansible and installation scripts.
openssh Supports connections to OpenSSH servers from client machines.
openssl Enables certificate generation.
Docker distribution Distributes the Docker local registry service.	-	-

The table lists the third-party products required on each type of TAS server, not included in the RPM.

Server requirement	TAS Management server	TAS Applications server	TAS Datastore server
XFS as file system format
IPv6
Docker Engine Builds and runs the different Docker containers with the application codes and dependencies.
GlusterFS Network-attached storage file system.	-	-	only if high-availability is required
Diagnostic tools such as top, htop for troubleshooting (optional)