Version 8

1. Overview

Dundas BI is a web-based server application that runs on Windows or Linux and with either Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL. It can also connect to a variety of other databases and data sources, which may require additional drivers to be installed.

2. Client

Below are the minimum web browser and OS requirements for client-side devices.

Desktop:

• Chrome 26
• Firefox 20
• Internet Explorer 11 – not recommended due to known limitations
• Safari 6 – not supported on Windows
• Microsoft Edge

Mobile:

• iOS 6
• Android 4.0 - for Android Chrome browser only

3. Server

Below are the hardware and software requirements for the Dundas BI server.

Processor:

• 1.5 GHz - minimum for evaluation or testing
• 2.0 GHz - minimum for production use

At least two logical cores are required for in-memory storage.

RAM:

• 4 GB - minimum for evaluation or testing
• 8 GB - minimum for production use
• 16 GB - minimum for production use with in-memory analytics

Hard disk space:

• 10 GB free - minimum for evaluation or testing
• 50 GB free - minimum for production use
  

Operating systems:

Only 64-bit operating systems are supported.

• Windows 10 - evaluation use only
• Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 - version 7.3 or higher
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

You can also deploy Dundas BI on other distributions using Docker container images.

There are certain known limitations when installing Dundas BI on Linux.

Note that Windows Core and Home editions are not supported. Desktop operating systems such as Windows 10 are supported for evaluation use only because of limitations which make them unsuitable for production use.

.NET:

• For Windows: .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher - installed automatically as a prerequisite
• For Linux: ASP.NET Core 3.1 - installed automatically

Web server:

• For Windows: IIS 8.5 or higher - installed automatically as a prerequisite
• For Linux: a reverse proxy server such as NGINX - can be installed automatically

Application database server:

One of the following is used by Dundas BI to store its own application data:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or higher - SQL Server 2014 or higher recommended
• Microsoft SQL Server Express Editions - supported but not recommended for production use due to limitations; Microsoft SQL Server Express LocalDB is not supported
• Microsoft Azure SQL V12 or higher
• PostgreSQL version 9.6 or higher

This can be on the same server or separate from the web server (the database server must be configured to accept remote connections if separate).

4. Data sources

Dundas BI can connect to the following types of data sources, each of which may have additional (driver) requirements for the Dundas BI server as indicated below.

The ODBC and JDBC data sources listed below allow Dundas BI to connect to various other data sources that have ODBC/JDBC drivers.

Additional details about installing and using drivers for certain data sources are available in the How-To section of the documentation on connecting to data.

5. Installation

5.1. For Windows

The Dundas BI deployment application checks if the following prerequisites are installed on the server and can automatically download and install any missing prerequisites (this requires an active internet connection).

If you need to install them manually, use the links below to access them or press the F8 key when on the Prerequisites screen in the Deployment application to download the list of URLs.

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher
• Web Server (IIS) role (for Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher)
• URL Rewrite IIS Extension
• Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable x64 (optional)
• Python 3.7
• Python nltk module
• Python pandas module
• Python requests module
• Visual C++ 2015, 2017 and 2019 Redistributable

5.2. For Linux

Certain requirements are installed automatically when running the Dundas BI deployment wizard (this requires an active internet connection). If you need to install them manually you can use the links below to access them.

• ASP.NET Core Runtime 3.1
  • For RHEL
  • For Ubuntu

5.3. Additional requirements

1. The user ID and password of an account on your SQL Server instance that has db_create permissions or a usesuper account on PostgreSQL.
   Note

   After the installation, the SQL Server administrator will require only db_owner permissions. A PostgreSQL administrator will require the CanSelect, CanUpdate, CanInsert, and CanDelete table privileges, as well as the CanCreate database privilege.

2. For Windows installations, the user ID and password of an account to use for the IIS application pool.
3. A web server port for accessing the Dundas BI website (the installer will choose a default) or an existing website for installing Dundas BI as a virtual directory (this can be the IIS 'Default Website').

6. See also

• Installing Dundas BI
• Installing Dundas BI on Linux
• Using Dundas BI Docker containers
• Orchestrating Dundas BI with Kubernetes and Helm charts
• Dundas BI - Release Notes
• Connect to Data: How-To