Installation of the visual energy Web server

From version 5.2 onwards, visual energy is implemented as a Docker container for Linux.

There are two ways to install the package:

Requirements

You will need a system running Debian 12 or later. Your system’s architecture must be amd64.

Before installing visual energy, please ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

* These packages can be installed automatically during the online installation process.

** Only if you do not carry out the installation as root.

Online start

  1. The system is connected to the internet.
  1. Download the installation script from the KBR website and copy it to the target system.
  2. Connect to the target system via SSH, for example, and run the installation script in the terminal using the following command:

sudo -E bash install_ve.sh

Offline start

  1. The system is not connected to the internet
  1. Copy the ZIP archive to the destination system
  2. Connect to the target system via SSH, for example, and run the installation script in the terminal using the following command:

sudo -E bash install_ve.sh --offline

Installation

  1. In the TUI (Terminal User Interface), please accept the licence terms
  2. Specify the installation directory (data directory) (default: /opt/visualenergy)
  3. Set the ports for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 80 – HTTP, 443 – HTTPS)
  4. ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE: Select the stable or beta software channel
  5. ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE: Select an available version in the channel
  6. IP address or name of the SQL Server
  7. Enter the database name. (Default for new installations: visualenergy)
  8. Database username and password
  9. Choose either to use a self-signed certificate (specifying the common name) or an existing one (specifying the private and public keys).
  10. Summary screen and option to start (Yes) or cancel (No) the installation
  11. The installation is carried out, and at the end, the configured destination URLs and, where applicable, the default login details are displayed.