Hardware Requirements

Overview
Dynamics Mobile Agent is a light-weight nodejs application deployed on prem. Following list of standard hardware and software requirement.
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Dynamics Mobile Agent Server Machine
OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 (or newer)  or Linux
NodeJS installed
SSL certificate in PEM format for secure communication over SSL from public certification authority
(optional) Open port 443 to the public internet for inbound and outbound to allow external communication with devices.
CPU: 2 x Xeon Cores, 16 Gb RAM
HDD: 500 Gb free space, minimum 80 Mb/sec write
Dynamics Mobile Agent must be able to make requests towards the ERP  end point ( NAV SQL Server, AX2012 AIF, D365 FO ODATA, BC ODATA). It needs to use dedicated ERP credentials. User credentials. All calls are carried out from a single dedicated ERP (AX, NAV, D365 FO, BC) User, who should be able to:
write/read from DMSyncLog table in the ERP for off-line apps (VAN Sales)
read access to all ( or predefined ) ERP tables used in the mobile app
 
Windows Domain
The machine, where Dynamics Mobile Agent is deployed is recommended to stay in DMZ out of Windows domain. Dynamics Mobile Agent connects to the ERP (AX2012, D365 FO, NAV, BC) via the ERP's native API ( AIF, ODATA, MSSQL) requests and authenticates by using dedicated ERP user - e.g. there must be a dedicated Dynamics Mobile user defined in the ERP.
SSL Certificate
Dynamics Mobile app, which runs on the mobile devices communicates via SSL with Dynamics Mobile Agent. This option however, requires the organization to issue SSL Certificate in PEM format for the public DNS address or IP, where Dynamics Mobile Agent is published from a public certification authority.

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