clean up time API and support date parsing also a lot of help for time zones, because java seems bad with this, and making time methods consistent and less ambiguous
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/commit/490cc07a Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/tree/490cc07a Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/diff/490cc07a Branch: refs/heads/0.7.0-incubating Commit: 490cc07a89db4ab6726db0749213751e61348ff4 Parents: 6fa7c6b Author: Alex Heneveld <[email protected]> Authored: Thu Jun 4 16:53:17 2015 +0100 Committer: Alex Heneveld <[email protected]> Committed: Mon Jun 8 00:26:31 2015 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- docs/guide/ops/requirements.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/blob/490cc07a/docs/guide/ops/requirements.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/guide/ops/requirements.md b/docs/guide/ops/requirements.md index 52b96e4..7830bc9 100644 --- a/docs/guide/ops/requirements.md +++ b/docs/guide/ops/requirements.md @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Brooklyn has also been tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and OS X. ## Software Requirements -Brooklyn requires Java (JRE or JDK), version 6 or version 7. The most recent version 7 is recommended. +Brooklyn requires Java (JRE or JDK) minimum version 6. The latest release of version 7 or 8 is recommended. OpenJDK is recommended. Brooklyn has also been tested on IBM J9 and Oracle's JVM. * check your `iptables` or other firewall service, making sure that incoming connections on port 8443 is not blocked @@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ For example, to open port 8443 in iptables, ues the command: /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p TCP --dport 8443 -j ACCEPT +### Locale + +Brooklyn expects a sensible set of locale information and time zones to be available; +without this, some time-and-date handling may be surprising. + +Brooklyn parses and reports times according to the time zone set at the server. +If Brooklyn is targetting geographically distributed users, +it is normally recommended that the server's time zone be set to UTC. + + +### User Setup + +It is normally recommended that Brooklyn run as a non-root user with keys installed to `~/.ssh/id_rsa{,.pub}`. + + ### Linux Kernel Entropy Check that the [linux kernel entropy](increase-entropy.html) is sufficient.
