Welcome
Installation
Learn more about HCL CDP installation and deploying core components of the product.
Installing on AWS
This section details the installation and deployment of the services and components required for deploying HCL CDP (Customer Data Platform) on the AWS platform.
Installing HCL CDP Platform on AWS
This section details the installation and configuration of the services and components required for deploying HCL CDP (Customer Data Platform) on the AWS platform.
Prerequisites
Before installation, ensure AWS account access with necessary permissions, VPC setup, subnets, KMS key, and installation of CLI tools like AWS CLI, kubectl, and Helm
Hardware Prerequisites

Getting Started
Welcome to the documentation for HCL CDP, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use this service.
Installation
Learn more about HCL CDP installation and deploying core components of the product.
- Installing on OpenShift
  This section details the installation and deployment of the services and components required for deploying HCL CDP (Customer Data Platform) on the Red Hat OpenShift platform.
- Installing on AWS
  This section details the installation and deployment of the services and components required for deploying HCL CDP (Customer Data Platform) on the AWS platform.
  - Installing HCL CDP Platform on AWS
    This section details the installation and configuration of the services and components required for deploying HCL CDP (Customer Data Platform) on the AWS platform.
    - Introduction
    - Prerequisites
      Before installation, ensure AWS account access with necessary permissions, VPC setup, subnets, KMS key, and installation of CLI tools like AWS CLI, kubectl, and Helm
      - Hardware Prerequisites
      - Software Requirements
    - Installing Devtron
      Devtron is installed using Helm to manage the Kubernetes-based CDP microservices deployment.
    - Installing Aerospike
      This section provides a step-by-step guide to installing Aerospike.
    - Installing MongoDB
      MongoDB is configured as a replica set across multiple nodes with an arbiter, and includes user and role setup. Monitoring is enabled using MongoDB Exporter.
    - Installing Druid
      Apache Druid is deployed for real-time analytics, using MySQL for metadata and S3 for deep storage. Configuration includes connecting storage and starting Druid services.
    - Installing MSK
      AWS Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) is configured with IAM-based and SASL authentication. Secrets are managed in AWS Secrets Manager and linked to MSK.
    - Installing EMR
      Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) is set up with Hadoop and HBase to handle distributed data processing. Logs and data are stored in S3 buckets.
    - Installing MWAA
      Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) provides Airflow orchestration for CDP jobs. The environment is configured with custom DAGs and logging enabled.
    - Installing Postgres
      PostgreSQL is deployed with master-slave replication using Docker Compose. Schema setup includes essential tables and indexes.
    - Configuring AWS KMS
      AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is used to create and manage encryption keys. These are used with Secrets Manager and other encrypted services.
    - Configuring AWS Secrets
      AWS Secrets Manager stores sensitive credentials like DB passwords and Kafka tokens, encrypted with KMS.
    - CDP Monitoring Applications Configuration
      Monitoring includes Prometheus, Grafana, Node Exporter, Mongo Exporter, and Fluentbit for log aggregation.
  - Deploying HCL CDP Core Components on AWS
    This section details the deploying core components required for HCL CDP on the AWS platform.
  - Deploying HCL CDP Marketing Automation Component on AWS
    This section details the deploying Marketing Automation components required for HCL CDP on the AWS platform.
  - Deploying HCL CDP MaxAI models on AWS
    This section details the deploying MaxAI models required for HCL CDP on the AWS platform.
  - HCL CDP Hardware Sizing Details For AWS
    This section outlines the minimum hardware requirements to guide AWS infrastructure sizing for the deployment of HCL CDP in support of application deployment.
- Upgrading HCL CDP Platform
  This section details the upgrading HCL CDP platform on the Red Hat OpenShift platform.
Administration
Learn about how to configure, manage, and maintain HCL CDP environments. It includes details on system setup, user management, permissions, integrations, and troubleshooting, ensuring seamless operation and efficient deployment of your continuous delivery processes.
Working with System
This section describes the Data Pipeline for streamlined data flow, leveraging Customer One View for unified profiles, and orchestrating campaigns to drive targeted engagement.
Insights and Actions
This section details unify real-time dashboards and AI-driven intelligence to transform data into impactful outcomes.
Integrations
HCL CDP comes with predefined APIs like get profile and data ingestion APIs.
Settings
This section allows configuring product label, setting frequency caps, and so on.
System Data Model

Hardware Prerequisites

Below is the minimum hardware requirement for the HCL CDP deployment.

VMs


Server/Node	CPU	Memory
Bastion host	2 vCPUs	4 GB
Aerospike DB	4 vCPUs	8 GB (x2)
Druid server	r5.4xlarge: 16 vCPUs	128 GB (x2)
Mongo DB Server	m5ad.xlarge – 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM (x4), t3a.small – 2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM (arbiter)4 vCPUs	8 GB (x4) 2 GB
Nifi DB	r5d.large – 2 vCPU	16 GB RAM (x3)
Postgres	m7i.large – 2 vCPU	8 GB RAM (x2)
Redis & RMQ for Celery	r5.large – 2 vCPU	16 GB RAM

EKS Cluster Nodes


Server/Node	Instance Type	CPU	Memory
3 Nodes	c7i.8xlarge	32 vCPUs	64.0 GiB
18 Nodes	m7i.xlarge	4 vCPUs	16.0 GiB

EMR Cluster Nodes


Server/Node	Instance Type	CPU	Memory
Primary Node	m5.xlarge	4 vCPUs	16 GiB
Core Node	m5.xlarge	4 vCPUs	16 GiB