Requirements

This page outlines the recommended specifications for host hardware to run BUG efficiently.

Disk Space

  • The BUG Docker image is approximately 300MB.
  • Allocate at least 2GB of free disk space for the core application.
  • Each additional panel may require roughly 200MB of storage.

Memory

  • BUG itself requires at least 1GB of free RAM.
  • Each container typically consumes around 100MB of RAM.
  • Some modules have higher memory requirements. For example, the Cisco-SG module requires about 250MB. These requirements are defined in the module’s module.json under the optional memory field.
  • Additional memory usage comes from workers: each worker typically consumes ~10MB.

Development Note: If building a development version of BUG, you should have at least 4GB of RAM to allow vite to compile the frontend efficiently.

CPU

There are no strict CPU requirements for running BUG, but here are some real-world examples from tested systems:

  • Intel Core i3
    Can run Docker, MongoDB, and the BUG web app. Suitable for a few lightweight modules.

  • Intel Core i5
    Can run Docker, MongoDB, and the BUG web app. Capable of handling several modules simultaneously.

  • Intel Core i7
    Can run Docker, MongoDB, and the BUG web app. Supports a large number of containers; in some events, over 20 switch panels were managed concurrently.

Architecture

  • BUG currently only supports x64 CPU architectures.