Pre-requisites

This section describes the system and software pre-requisites to install Horizon. Please select your OS type in the available tabs.

System pre-requisites

The following elements are considered as system pre-requisites:

  • RHEL

  • Debian

  • A server running EL [8.x-9.x] x64 (CentOS / RHEL) with the network configured and SELinux as well as FIPS mode disabled;

  • Base and EPEL CentOS / RHEL [8.x-9.x] x64 repositories activated;

  • An access with administrative privileges (root) to the server mentioned above;

  • The IP address / DNS Name of an SMTP relay;

  • The email address of the Horizon server administrator.

  • A server running Debian 11/12 or Ubuntu 22/24 x64 with the network configured and AppArmor as well as FIPS mode disabled;

  • Standard Debian/Ubuntu repositories activated;

  • An access with administrative privileges (root) to the server mentioned above;

  • The IP address / DNS Name of an SMTP relay;

  • The email address of the Horizon server administrator.

Software pre-requisites

The following elements are considered as software pre-requisites:

  • RHEL

  • Debian

  • The Horizon installation package: horizon-2.8.X-1.noarch.rpm;

  • The MongoDB Community Edition package available from the MongoDB web site;

  • EPEL repository activated.

As a reminder, EPEL can be activated on CentOS / RHEL by doing the following:

$ yum install epel-release

  • The Horizon installation package: horizon_2.8.X_all.deb;

  • The MongoDB Community Edition package available from the MongoDB web site;