When installing BIRT iHub, the administrator must choose to use the out‑of‑the‑box (OOTB) PostgreSQL relational database management system (RDBMS) or another data store, such as DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or a pre‑existing PostgreSQL instance to store Encyclopedia volume metadata. This chapter describes how to install a new instance of BIRT iHub, using the out‑of‑the-box (OOTB) PostgreSQL RDBMS.

For more information about installing BIRT iHub using an alternative data store, see Chapter 3, “Installing BIRT iHub using an alternative database,” later in this book. For more information about upgrading an existing BIRT iHub installation, see Chapter 4, “Migrating to BIRT iHub,” later in this book. For information about the BIRT iHub System architecture, see Chapter 1, “Understanding Actuate BIRT iHub architecture,” earlier in this book.