Software Requirements

NEOGAGE requires the following software requirements. The NEOGAGE application installation process will install all required depedencies and software requirements, therefore there is no requirement to install anything manually other than the Operating System.

Operating System

NEOGAGE can also be installed using container platforms such as Docker and Podman.

If using Docker/Podman, the Operating System can be pretty much any version of Linux that supports Docker or Podman. More information relating to the container installation can be found at the end of this page.

The actual versions of Linux supported for an installation of NEOGAGE, are listed below:

Linux

Pretty much any Linux distribution can be used that supports Docker or Podman. We generally recommend to use a stable distribution from the list below:

Operating System	Version	Installation Type
Alma Linux	8 / 9 / 10	Minimal
Debian	11 / 12 / 13	Minimal
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	8 / 9 / 10	Minimal
Rocky Linux	8 / 9 / 10	Minimal
Ubuntu	22.04 / 24.04	Minimal

Note

NGINX is utilised as a reverse proxy in front of the main NEOGAGE application for easy integration with SSL certificates, which then forwards all connections to the main NEOGAGE application container. The NEOGAGE application can be ran without the NGINX reverse proxy, although we do not recommend this for security reasons.

Database

NEOGAGE currently requires Microsoft SQL Server which can be ran as a container on Linux or as an external component of the NEOGAGE application. Eg: Microsoft SQL Server running on Windows using existing client infrastructure.

Note

As of 28.02.2025 Microsoft SQL Server 2019 is now EOL (end-of-life), and therefore it is recommended to use Microsoft SQL Server 2022 or 2025.

Database	Version	Edition
Microsoft SQL Server	2019	Express, Web, Standard, Enterprise
Microsoft SQL Server	2022	Express, Web, Standard, Enterprise
Microsoft SQL Server	2025	Express, Web, Standard, Enterprise

Containers

The container installation is configured with security in mind. It has been prepared to ensure that it runs in a non-root configuration. The application will run with at least UID/GID 1000. The configuration is immutable and therefore cannot be changed or modified. This also ensures of application integrity.

Due to the fact the NEOGAGE application container has been prepared in this way, means that it is also deployable on OpenShift/Kubernetes-based container platforms without requiring potentially insecure/unrestricted security context constraints (SCC).

Note

The NEOGAGE application is normally deployed using the most restrictive SCC that is included by default on OpenShift. This will usually be restricted-v2 or restricted-v3, but can vary depending on the OpenShift version.