System requirements for installing OnCommand Workflow Automation

You must be aware of the OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) hardware and software requirements before installing WFA.

Hardware requirements for installing WFA

The following table lists the minimum hardware requirements and the recommended hardware specifications for the WFA server.

Component	Minimum requirements	Recommended specifications
CPU	2.27 GHz or faster, 4 core, 64-bit	2.27 GHz or faster, 4 core, 64-bit
RAM	4 GB	8 GB
Free disk space	5 GB	20 GB

Note: If you are installing WFA on a virtual machine (VM), you should reserve the required memory and CPU so that the VM has sufficient resources. The installer does not verify the CPU speed.

Software requirements for installing WFA

The following table lists all the operating system versions compatible with the WFA server.

Operating System	Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 64-bit operating systems
CentOS	7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 64-bit operating systems

Note: WFA should be installed on dedicated physical machines or VMs. You must not install any other application on the server that runs WFA.

One of the following supported browsers:
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
Perl v5.x
You can obtain information about the Perl modules that should be installed by using the ./WFA-version_number.bin -l command.

For more details, see the Interoperability Matrix Tool.

Note: Antivirus applications might prevent WFA services from starting.

To avoid this issue, configure antivirus scanning exclusions for the following WFA directories:

The directory where you have installed WFA
The directory where you have installed Perl
The directory where you have installed OpenJDK
The MySQL Data Directory