Hosting requirements

ConneX can be deployed on-premise or in the AWS and Azure public clouds. It can be deployed entirely on a single virtual machine (VM), or by deploying the various services on separate VMs. For an on-premise deployment on a single VM, the following requirements apply.

Hardware

• Virtual machine or physical server
• Linux operating system, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS recommended
• 32 GB RAM
• 8 CPU, ideally 16 or 32 CPU
• 500 GB SSD storage

Network

• 300 Kbps network bandwidth per user
• 1 Gbps network transfer between servers (if more than one)

Components

• Internet connection with public IP address
• SSH external access
• Terminal root access
• Domain name
• SSL certificate
• SMTP email server
• Backup strategy for local and off-site backups
• Monitoring of uptime and alerting for downtime
• Vulnerability scan and security hardening