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HCL Provides an On-Ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass

HCL Provides an On-Ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass
by Mike Gianfagna on 01-25-2021 at 10:00 am

HCL Provides an On Ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass

Last August I detailed a webinar about HCL Compass, a tool that provides low-code/no-code change management capability for enterprise scaling, process customization and control to accelerate project delivery and increase developer productivity. There is a lot of activity these days to migrate various enterprise applications to the cloud for better scalability, access and performance. I know from first-hand experience that, when it comes to cloud migration, the devil is in the details. So, a comprehensive guide that explains how to do this is quite valuable. If you’re considering such a move, read on and you’ll discover that HCL provides an on-ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass.

First, a bit about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), EC2 is a web service that provides resizable computing capacity—literally, servers in Amazon’s data centers—that you use to build and host your software systems. Features of EC2 include:

  • Increase or decrease capacity within minutes, not hours or days
  • Service level commitment of 99.99% availability for each Amazon EC2 region. Each region consists of at least 3 availability zones
  • The AWS Region/AZ model has been recognized by Gartner as the recommended approach for running enterprise applications that require high availability

EC2 has quite a global footprint that includes nearly 400 instances for virtually every business need. There are 24 regions and 77 availability zones globally. EC2 is the choice of Intel, AMD, and Arm-based processors and they are the only cloud provider that supports macOS. Also, both EC2 instances and HCL Compass web server support Windows and Linux OS versions. So, a complete HCL Compass installation using EC2 instances is possible in AWS.

Virtual resources such as those provided by EC2 remove the capital expense of procuring and maintaining equipment as well as the expense of maintaining an on-premises data center, for example, cooling, physical security, janitorial services, etc. In AWS Cloud, AWS provides EC2 instances as the servers in Amazon’s data centers, to build and host HCL Compass.

The whitepaper provided by HCL is quite comprehensive and covers general guidance for cloud installation and migration from on-premises ClearQuest or HCL Compass to AWS HCL Compass. Note HCL Compass is the next generation of IBM Rational ClearQuest. The intended audience for the whitepaper is administrators of HCL Compass and administrators of ClearQuest intending to migrate and deploy to the cloud. The document includes strategy for a fresh installation of HCL Compass and migration from ClearQuest to HCL Compass in AWS. HCL Compass 2.0.0 supported platforms include 64-bit Windows and Linux as follows:

  • Windows: Windows 10 Enterprise (x86_64) all updates, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
  • Linux: RHEL 7.4 + (x86_64), RHEL 8.0 (x86_64)

Database support includes:

  • Microsoft SQL Server: 2017
  • Oracle: 12cR2, 18c, 19c
  • DB2:5

Browser support includes:

  • Google Chrome: 37 and future versions, releases and fix packs
  • Microsoft Edge: 20 and future versions, releases and fix packs
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer: 11 and future fix packs
  • Mozilla Firefox: 54 and future fix packs
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR: 38 and future versions, releases and fix packs

All other required software is detailed as well.  The document covers a lot of other topics, including:

  • Administration
  • Performance
  • Port setup
  • Load balancing
  • SSL enablement
  • SSO external server
  • LDAP authentication server
  • Multi-site and email relay considerations
  • License server configuration
  • Database migration
  • Sample usage scenarios

Pretty much everything you’ll need to know. Additional documentation on virtualization is also provided. You can get your copy of the white paper, entitled HCL Compass in AWS here. You can learn more about HCL Compass here. If you’re considering a move to the cloud, you’ll be happy to know that HCL provides an on-ramp to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for HCL Compass.

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