
This is a listing of the hardware and software requirements for Peppers
For use competitor of about 15 users, it summarizes the HW/SW configuration:
CPU | 1 core (2 Thread), 2,4 GHz |
RAM | 4 GB |
Storage | 800 GB |
Operating System | CentOS 7 Linux |
Network | Gigabit |
Software | Apache Tomcat 8.0.28 |
MariaDB 5.5.4.4 | |
Java JDK 1.8.0 | |
ImageMagick 6.7 | |
Ghostscript 9 |
Assuming instead the use of the service Peppers by about 30 users, you summarize the following configurations of minimum and recommended:
| Minimum | Recommended |
CPU | 2 core (4 Thread) 2,4 GHz | 6 core (12 Thread) 2,6+ GHz |
RAM | 8 GB | 12/16 GB |
Storage | 1 TB* * dependent on the storage needs of the Customer | 1 TB* * dependent on the storage needs of the Customer |
Operating System | CentOS 7 Linux | CentOS 7 Linux |
Network | Gigabit | Gigabit |
Software | Apache Tomcat 8.0.28 | Apache Tomcat 8.0.28 |
MariaDB 5.5.4.4 | MariaDB 5.5.4.4 | |
Java JDK 1.8.0 | Java JDK 1.8.0 | |
ImageMagick 6.7 | ImageMagick 6.7 | |
Ghostscript 9 | Ghostscript 9 |
The InDesign plugin of Peppers is fully compatible with Adobe InDesign CC2015.
The communication between the clients with the InDesign plugin and the server module, is based on a TCP socket connection on a pre-configured port. By default, the port is 11898.
In addition, connections to the port 8080 shall be allowed for the direct exposition of Tomcat. Otherwise, TCP port 80 can be used in case the Customer wants to configure an internal reverse proxy through Apache2.
One more requirement regarding the automatic images processing using the Peppers InDesign plugin, is that the client machines must have the Adobe Bridge CC2015 software installed.