Introduction ============ The TeamDrive Host Server Virtual Appliance offers a pre-installed and ready-to-run TeamDrive Host Server Version |version| suitable for deployment in a VMware environment. This document will guide you through the deployment and initial installation and configuration of a TeamDrive Host Server. .. warning:: The TeamDrive Host Server installation requires a running TeamDrive Registration Server instance. If you are setting up both components on your own premises, please start with setting up the Registration Server as outlined in the TeamDrive Registration Server installation guides. If you are using a Registration Server instance hosted by some other service provider, make sure you can access it and you have performed an initial setup/configuration already. System Requirements ------------------- The TeamDrive Host Server Virtual Appliance is delivered in the form of a virtual machine image. Its main technical specifications are: - Supported platforms: VMWare vSphere 4 and VMWare vSphere 5 (VMWare Workstation 7 or Oracle VM VirtualBox can be used for testing purposes) - Minimum Memory: 4 GB - vCPUs: 2 - HDD: 100GB The exact sizing depends heavily on the anticipated number of concurrent client connections, the bandwidth required and the amount of space data to be stored. Please contact us via `sales@teamdrive.net `_ for assistance. Main Software components ------------------------ The TeamDrive Host Server Virtual Appliance comprises the following components and modules: - Operating System: CentOS 6 (64-bit) - Apache Web Server 2.2 - MySQL 5.1 Database Server - Host Server-specific Modules for the Apache http Server - Yvva Runtime Environment version |yvvaversion| The Yvva Runtime Environment is a standard software package that is not TeamDrive-specific. TeamDrive uses the Yvva Runtime Environment as the foundation for providing the Host Server background services, Administration Console and API. .. include:: ../common/Requirements.rst