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Before you begin installing Designer Cloud Enterprise Edition, please review the following checklist to verify that the applicable items are available and ready to deploy with the software.
NOTE: Enablement of specific features or integration with external sources may have additional requirements listed in any referenced content. Please be sure to review the Details sections listed below.
NOTE: If the version is listed as Default, the supported version is the one that is included with the supported distribution.
For more information on general limitations of your product, see Product Limitations.
Hosting Infrastructure
- On-Premises:
- Cloudera: Details: Supported Deployment Scenarios for Cloudera in the Install Guide.
- AWS: Details: Supported Deployment Scenarios for AWS in the Install Guide.
- Azure: Details: Supported Deployment Scenarios for Azure in the Install Guide
Container deployments
If you are deploying the Alteryx node to a container, the following versions are supported by the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform.
Docker
Supported Versions:
- Docker: 17.12 or higher. Docker version must be compatible with the following version(s) of Docker Compose.
- Docker Compose: 1.24.1
Details: Install for Docker in the Install Guide
Platform Integrations
Cluster Integrations
Cluster types
NOTE: Depending on your version of the following cluster platforms, specific versions of Spark may be required.
Hadoop on-premises
| Cluster type | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudera |
| NOTE: CDH 6.x requires use of Spark native libraries provided by the cluster. See Configure for Spark in the Configuration Guide. Details: Supported Deployment Scenarios for Cloudera in the Install Guide |
Hadoop cloud
| Cluster type | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudera Data Platform |
| NOTE: Cloudera Data Platform requires use of Spark native libraries provided by the cluster. See Configure for Spark in the Configuration Guide. Details: Supported Deployment Scenarios for Cloudera in the Install Guide |
AWS
| Cluster type | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| EMR |
| EMR 6.2.1 is supported only with use of Spark 3.0.1. NOTE: Do not use EMR 6.2.0. Details: Configure for EMR in the Configuration Guide. |
| EMR |
| EMR 5.28.0 is not supported, due to Spark compatibility issues. Please use 5.28.1 or later. NOTE: Do not use EMR 5.30.0 or 5.30.1. Details: Configure for EMR in the Configuration Guide |
| AWS Databricks |
| Details: Configure for AWS Databricks in the Configuration Guide |
For more information, see AWS Integrations below.
Azure
| Cluster type | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Azure Databricks |
| Details: Configure for Azure Databricks in the Configuration Guide |
For more information, see Azure Integrations below.
Cluster hardware
See Sizing Guidelines.
On-Premises integrations
Base storage layer options
The platform must be configured to integrate with a base storage layer. This layer is used for storage of uploads, samples, and job results. See Set Base Storage Layer in the Configuration Guide.
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| HDFS | Default | Details: Configure for Hadoop in the Configuration Guide |
| S3 | n/a | Details: S3 Access in the Configuration Guide |
SSO Authentication methods
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| AD-LDAP | n/a | Details: Configure SSO for AD-LDAP in the Configuration Guide |
| SAML | 2.0 | Details: Configure SSO for SAML in the Configuration Guide |
Hadoop Integrations
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Hive |
| Additional support requirements vary with the version of Hive. Details: Configure for Hive in the Configuration Guide |
| KMS | Default | Additional configuration is required depending on your deployed distribution of Hadoop. Details: Configure for KMS in the Configuration Guide |
| Sentry | Default |
AWS Integrations
Base storage layer options
Details: Supported Deployment Scenarios for AWS in the Install Guide
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| S3 | n/a | |
| HDFS | Default |
SSO Authentication methods
Details: Configure for AWS in the Configuration Guide
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Key-Secret | n/a | |
| EC2 instance roles | n/a | |
| IAM roles | n/a |
Azure Integrations
Base storage layer options
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| ADLS Gen2 | n/a | Details: ADLS Gen2 Access in the Configuration Guide |
| ADLS Gen1 | n/a | Details: ADLS Gen1 Access in the Configuration Guide |
| WASBS | n/a | Details: WASB Access in the Configuration Guide |
SSO Authentication methods
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Azure AD | n/a | Details: Configure SSO for Azure AD in the Configuration Guide |
Alteryx node
Alteryx node hardware
Tip: For in-place upgrades, there should be at least twice as much available disk space as listed below.
| Item | Minimum | Recommended | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Cores | 8 cores, x86_64 | 16 cores, x86_64 | |
| RAM | 64 GB | 128 GB | |
| Install disk space | 16 GB | 24 GB | |
| Total free disk space | 24 GB
| 100 GB
|
Details: System Requirements
Alteryx node software
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System |
| NOTE: There are additional requirements for some of these operation system versions. See System Requirements. |
| Java |
| |
| NginX | 1.20.1 | |
| NodeJS | 16.14.0 |
Other requirements:
- Edge node: Platform must be installed on an edge node of the cluster.
- Root access: Required for installation
- SSL access: Access to the platform can be limited to SSL only. See Install SSL Certificate in the Install Guide.
- Internet access: If the Alteryx node is not connected to the Internet, you must acquire additional software packages for the installation process. See Install Dependencies without Internet Access in the Install Guide.
See System Requirements.
Alteryx databases
The Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform requires multiple databases to store object metadata and job information. Supported databases:
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| PostgreSQL | 12.X 11.X (Azure installs only) | NOTE: Beginning in this release, the latest stable release of PostgreSQL 12 can be installed with the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform. Earlier versions of PostgreSQL 12.X can be installed manually. NOTE: PostgreSQL 11 is supported for Azure installs only. |
| MySQL | 5.7 Community NOTE: MySQL 5.7 Community is not supported on CentOS/RHEL 8.x. | Details: System Requirements |
See Install Databases in the Databases Guide.
Desktop Browsers
Desktop hardware
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Screen | 1280 x 720 pixels is recommended |
Desktop browsers
NOTE: Stable browser versions released after a given release of Designer Cloud Enterprise Edition will NOT be supported for any prior version of Designer Cloud Enterprise Edition. A best effort will be made to support newer versions released during the support lifecycle of the release.
| Item | Supported Versions | Notes, Limitations and Additional Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | v.91 - v.93, and any stable version that is released prior to the next release of Designer Cloud Enterprise Edition. | |
| Mozilla Firefox | v.90 - v.92, and any stable version that is released prior to the next release of Designer Cloud Enterprise Edition. | |
| Microsoft Edge | v.91 - v.93, and any stable version that is released prior to the next release of Designer Cloud Enterprise Edition. | NOTE: This feature is in Beta release. |
For more information, see Browser Requirements.
Connectivity
For more information, see Connection Types in the User Guide.
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