Pre-Deployment Requirements and Account Setup for Cora Orchestration

V10.x

Software requirements

Required software for building and deploying Cora Orchestration applications.

Database	SQL Server 2016 SP1 (Enterprise or Standard editions) and later
Target server*	Operating system: Windows Server 2016 and later Additional software: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (V9.5 and earlier) Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 (V9.6) Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2017
Building machine**	Operating system: Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 and later Additional software: Visual Studio 2017 Professional Edition and later

* Target server: server where you deploy the Cora SeQuence V9.x application.

** Building machine: computer where you build the applications and package them for deployment.

Minimum hardware requirements

Following are the minimum hardware requirements for a basic Cora SeQuence configuration. The actual configuration should take into consideration the implementation's expected volume and performance requirements.

Development environment

Single-server deployment: all Cora SeQuence components are deployed on the same server.

Server type	RAM	CPU	Storage	Count
Windows server	8	2	100 GB	1
SQL server*	16	4	1000 GB	1

Production environment

Two back-end servers: Administration site, ADSS, BRS, JES
Two front-end servers: Flowtime site, WebAPI site
Load balancing: Each pair is coupled by a load balancer

Server type	RAM	CPU	Storage	Count
Windows server	8	4	100 GB	4
SQL server*	32	4	2000 GB	1

* For both environments, the SQL server can be replaced by Azure SQL Managed Instance.

Licensing

For information on how to activate your license, see Activate your Cora SeQuence license, in this article.

Required accounts

For a successful deployment, you need to set up the following accounts.

Account	Description	Account Type	Requirements
Deployment Account	Used to deploy Cora SeQuence applications.	A domain user account or Local Account	Member of the Local Administrations group on each server where application are deployed.
Application Pool Identity Account	Used to run Cora SeQuence Administration site and the Flowtime website.	A domain user account or Local Account	Must have permission to run WMI query. Must be part of the IIS_IUSRS group.
Cora SeQuence Database Account	SQL Server account that is used to create the Cora SeQuence database, and used by the application to communicate with the database server.	SQL account	During the database creation, this user needs to be a member of the dbcreator server role. Server role: Public Database roles: On the master database: Public On the Cora SeQuence database, db_owner
Cora SeQuence Windows Services Account	Used to run the Background Runtime Windows Service, Job Execution Service, and optionally, the Active Directory Synchronization Windows service.	A domain user account or Local Account	User Rights Assignment: Log on as a service. Each service may require additional permissions depending on the configuration of the service. The user running BRS and JES must be a valid Cora SeQuence user. Best practice Use the same account to run the Background Runtime Service (BRS) and Job Execution Service applications.