SystemLink Enterprise requires several storage solutions to operate. You must configure each of these storage solutions before deploying the application.

The following is a list of supported configurations of SystemLink Enterprise required storage providers. Other configurations may be possible, but NI has not tested these configurations and can only provide limited support.

MongoDB

  • MongoDB Atlas (recommended)
  • MongoDB Enterprise Advanced
  • MongoDB Community Edition (not recommended for production workloads)

MongoDB is the primary document database for SystemLink Enterprise services. You must configure an external MongoDB deployment.

For more information, refer to Configuring MongoDB for SystemLink Enterprise.

PostgreSQL

  • Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL (recommended for AWS hosted deployments)
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL (recommended for Azure hosted deployments)
  • PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a relational database for several SystemLink Enterprise services.

For more information, refer to PostgreSQL.

Object Storage

  • Amazon S3 (recommended for AWS hosted deployments)
  • Azure Blob Storage (recommended for Azure hosted deployments)
  • Amazon S3-compatible storage

Object storage is required by several SystemLink Enterprise services.

For more information, refer to Object Storage.

Elasticsearch

SystemLink Enterprise uses Elasticsearch to enhance search performance and scalability, particularly for the FileIngestion service. You can deploy Elasticsearch in your Kubernetes cluster or use a managed service such as Elastic Cloud.

For more information, refer to Configuring an Elasticsearch Instance.

Refer to SystemLink Enterprise and External Dependencies Compatibility for details on supported database versions.