1. Installation
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The United Manufacturing Hub can be installed locally, on your current computer, or on an external device, for example an edge device or a VM. For your first installation or simple tinkering and development, we recommend installing it locally using our Management Console.
If you prefer an open-source approach, we also provide instructions for using k3d.
Hardware Requirements
If you want to install the United Manufacturing Hub locally, on your own device, you will need a device that fits the following requirements:
- CPU cores: 4
- Memory size: 16 GB
- available disk space: 32 GB
If you only want to install the Management Console to manage external devices, you will need a device that fits the following requirements:
- CPU cores: 4
- Memory size: 8 GB
- available disk space: 32 GB
If you are at the limits of these requirements, the installation might take longer. It is also advised, to close other unused programs during the installation.
Local installation using the Management Console (recommended)
The Management Console is a client-side software, designed to assist you in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the United Manufacturing Hub (UMH) locally, on edge devices, virtual machines, on-premises servers, or in the cloud. Although the Management Console currently operates exclusively on Windows, it can facilitate the installation of UMH instances on a wide array of platforms, using Flatcar (a very basic and stable Linux version). To avoid any confusion, it’s essential to understand that the United Manufacturing Hub does not mandate Windows; this requirement only pertains to the Management Console, not the UMH itself.
- Download the Management Console and follow the instructions in the documentation to install it.
- When you are finished with the creation of your account, continue with the next page.
Do you need more technical background information?
Here are some links to get you started:
What’s next?
Once you have downloaded the Management Console, you can continue with the next page of this tutorial to install the Management Console and a local United Manufacturing Hub instance, and learn how to access the microservices.