From 8fddb809a76078ecba0eac288983ddd13f281b46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Croft Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:49:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Recommendation for standalone Bridgehead Requested by Zdenka --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d892b19..36c702e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ This repository is the starting point for any information and tools you will nee ## Requirements +We recommend a dedicated VM for the Bridgehead, with nothing else running on it. + +It may to be possible to run other apps on the same server, if they don't share common ports with the Bridgehead, and if they do not take up resources that the Bridgehead needs, like RAM. The Bridgehead may also have problems if other applications need older versions of git, Docker or curl. + The data protection group at your site will probably want to know exactly what our software does with patient data, and you may need to get their approval before you are allowed to install a Bridgehead. To help you with this, we have provided some data protection concepts: - [Germany](https://www.bbmri.de/biobanking/it/infrastruktur/datenschutzkonzept/) From e4bc34cce97aa731d379f46e421cb7a27e26ffc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Croft Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:08:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Amended following Tobias' comments --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 36c702e..7017a5b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ This repository is the starting point for any information and tools you will nee ## Requirements -We recommend a dedicated VM for the Bridgehead, with nothing else running on it. +To guarantee a smooth operation of the Bridgehead, we recommend a dedicated VM for the Bridgehead, with no other applications running on it. -It may to be possible to run other apps on the same server, if they don't share common ports with the Bridgehead, and if they do not take up resources that the Bridgehead needs, like RAM. The Bridgehead may also have problems if other applications need older versions of git, Docker or curl. +It may to be possible to run other apps on the same server, if they don't share common ports with the Bridgehead, and if they do not take up resources that the Bridgehead needs, like RAM. The Bridgehead may also run into issues if other applications need incompatible versions of git, Docker, curl, or other dependencies. The data protection group at your site will probably want to know exactly what our software does with patient data, and you may need to get their approval before you are allowed to install a Bridgehead. To help you with this, we have provided some data protection concepts: From 33a2505517fe4d59e9b61d151083910f1369002f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Lablans Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 09:51:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Move down, rephrase --- README.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7017a5b..467bbe9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ This repository is the starting point for any information and tools you will nee ## Requirements -To guarantee a smooth operation of the Bridgehead, we recommend a dedicated VM for the Bridgehead, with no other applications running on it. - -It may to be possible to run other apps on the same server, if they don't share common ports with the Bridgehead, and if they do not take up resources that the Bridgehead needs, like RAM. The Bridgehead may also run into issues if other applications need incompatible versions of git, Docker, curl, or other dependencies. - The data protection group at your site will probably want to know exactly what our software does with patient data, and you may need to get their approval before you are allowed to install a Bridgehead. To help you with this, we have provided some data protection concepts: - [Germany](https://www.bbmri.de/biobanking/it/infrastruktur/datenschutzkonzept/) @@ -50,6 +46,8 @@ Hardware requirements strongly depend on the specific use-cases of your network - 32 GB RAM - 160GB Hard Drive, SSD recommended +We recommend using a dedicated VM for the Bridgehead, with no other applications running on it. While the Bridgehead can, in principle, run on a shared VM, you might run into surprising problems such as resource conflicts (e.g., two apps using tcp port 443). + ### Software You are strongly recommended to install the Bridgehead under a Linux operating system (but see the section [Non-Linux OS](#non-linux-os)). You will need root (administrator) priveleges on this machine in order to perform the deployment. We recommend the newest Ubuntu LTS server release.