Welcome
Welcome to the HCL™ Accelerate version 2.2.x documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Accelerate.
Release information
This document contains information about what's new, bug fixes, known issues, and upgrade notes.
Getting started
This document provides an overview of HCL™ Accelerate.
System requirements
High-level overview
Use HCL™ Accelerate to automate your release lifecycle and manage your DevOps value stream.
Learning
Learn how to complete tasks in HCL™ Accelerate.
Installing and upgrading
Migrating
Administering
A default HCL™ Accelerate administrator ID is included as part of HCL Accelerate. It is used to install and complete initial configuration tasks.
Managing value streams
A value stream represents the objects and activities that you employ to deliver customer value, from initial concept to final delivered project.
Developing data insights
The Insights feature provides DevOps metrics for your project data.
Releasing software
A release is a repeatable plan that is used to drive deployments.
Extending product functions
Learn how to extend the function of HCL™ Accelerate
How to
The topics in this section describe how to work with HCL™ Accelerate features. Tutorials and workbooks are available for users of all experience levels.
Troubleshooting
Before you contacting support, gather background information and perform tasks that will assist in solving the problem. It helps to be as specific as possible and include all relevant information.
Glossary

System requirements

Minimum system requirements for proof of concept environment

Table 1. Minimum system requirements for proof of concept
Resource	Requirement
Platform	Docker and Docker Compose
Number of Platform Nodes	N/A
Operating System	See the Docker platform documentation for supported operating systems
Processor	4 CPU Cores
Memory	12 GBs RAM
Storage	3 GBs for Rabbit MQ and all HCL™ Accelerate Docker containers 4 GBs during the installation process
Network	Gigabit (1000) Ethernet with low-latency to the database

Minimum system requirements for production environment

Table 2. Minimum system requirements for production environment
Resource	Requirement
Platform	Docker EE, OpenShift, Kubernetes
Number of Platform Nodes	3
Operating System	See your Docker platform documentation for supported operating systems
Processor	4 CPU Cores
Memory	12 GBs of RAM
Storage	8 GBs for MongoDB with continued growth over extended usage 3 GBs for RabbitMQ and all HCL™ Accelerate Docker containers 4 GBs during the installation process
Network	Gigabit (1000) Ethernet with low-latency to the database

Containers

Table 3. Containers
Name	Version	Environments	Future Releases
bitnami/nginx	1.14	Docker Compose, Docker EE, Kubernetes, OpenShift	Including all fix packs
bitnami/rabbitmq	3.7.9	Docker Compose, Docker EE, Kubernetes, OpenShift	Including all fix packs

Note: All containers are included in the product. No specific setup required for containers.

Databases

Table 4. Databases
Name	Version	Environments	Future Releases
MongoDB Enterprise Edition	3.6	Docker Compose, Docker EE, Kubernetes, OpenShift	Including all fix packs
MongoDB Enterprise Edition	4.0, 4.2	Docker EE, Kubernetes, OpenShift	Including all fix packs

Docker Platforms

Table 5. Docker Platforms
Name	Version		Future Releases
Docker Enterprise Edition	18.03		Including all fix packs
IBM Cloud Private (ICP)	3.1.0		Including all fix packs
OpenShift	4.4		Including all fix packs
Kubernetes	1.9.3		Including all fix packs

Supporting Docker tools

Table 6. Supporting Docker tools
Name	Version	Future Release
Docker Community Edition ¹	18.03	Including all fix packs
Docker Compose ¹	2.1	Including all fix packs
Helm ²	3	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs

Note:

These tools can run HCL™ Accelerate without the use of a Docker platform. However, this approach is not supported in production environments.
Required prerequisite for Kubernetes

Integration sources

Table 7. Integration sources
Name	Version	Future Releases
Atlassian JIRA	6.4	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs
HCL™ Launch	7.1.0.0	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs
UrbanCode Deploy	7.0.0.0	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs
Jenkins	2.7.1	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs
ServiceNow	Helsinki	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs

Note: New integrations are added frequently. Consult the HCL™ Accelerate plug-in website for the latest details.

Web browsers

Table 8. Web browsers
Name	Version	Future Releases
Google Chrome	Latest version	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs
Microsoft Edge	Latest version	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs
Mozilla Firefox	Latest version	Including all future versions, releases, and fix packs