Introduction¶
Warning
It is strongly recommended to have followed and completed the demo installation Installing wire-server (demo) components using helm before continuing with this page. The demo installation is simpler, and already makes you aware of a few things you need (TLS certs, DNS, a VM, …).
A production installation consists of several parts:
Part 1 - you’re on your own here, and need to create a set of VMs as detailed in Production installation (persistent data, high-availability)
Part 2 (Installing kubernetes and databases on VMs with ansible) deals with installing components directly on a set of virtual machines, such as kubernetes itself, as well as databases. It makes use of ansible to achieve that.
Part 3 (Installing wire-server (production) components using Helm) is similar to the demo installation, and uses the tool helm to install software on top of kubernetes.
Part 4 (Part 3 - configuration options in a production setup) details other possible configuration options and settings to fit your needs.
What will be installed by following these parts?¶
highly-available and persistent databases (cassandra, elasticsearch)
kubernetes
restund (audio/video calling) servers ( see also Restund (TURN) servers)
wire-server (API) - user accounts, authentication, conversations - assets handling (images, files, …) - notifications over websocket - single-sign-on with SAML
wire-webapp
fully functioning web client (like
https://app.wire.com)
wire-account-pages
user account management (a few pages relating to e.g. password reset)
What will not be installed by default?¶
3rd party proxying - requires accounts with third-party providers
team-settings page for team management (including invitations, requires access to a private repository - get in touch with us for access)
Getting support¶
Next steps for high-available production installation¶
Your next step will be part 2, Installing kubernetes and databases on VMs with ansible