Installation Prerequisites

This chapter explains the minimum system requirements, database support, and user security requirements for the Tidal Automation (TA) system.

TA System Requirements

TA Compatibility Matrix

You can find the most current and complete platform compatibility and requirements information for current TA versions in the TA Compatibility Matrix.

The platform requirements are provided for these TA components:

• TA Master

• Client Manager

• Fault Monitor

• Agent

• TA Web Client

• Databases

• Browser

• Adapter

• Transporter

Note: Although the minimum memory required is 4GB for PCs running the Web Client, additional memory helps with better performance. At least 2GB of free memory must be available for the browser.

Support for Java 17

Starting with the 2023 Spring release, downloads of Tidal Automation (TA), Tidal Explorer (TE), Tidal Repository (TR), APM Data Stream, and the Tidal adapters will require a Java 17 Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Developer Kit (JDK). Java 17 is the minimum required version to run Tidal Automation.