Birst Cloud Agent Installation and Upgrade Notes

  • Birst Connect 2.0 must run in a location that can access the data that you want to extract and then post that data to the Birst server.
  • Birst Cloud Agents can run on Windows, Mac, or Unix systems.
  • There are no specific hardware requirements for Birst Connect 2.0. The processing and memory requirements are small.
  • Communication runs over HTTPS using TLS 1.1+. Birst only supports TLS 1.1+.
  • The data is GZIPed and sent in chunks with SHA-256 signatures.
  • Extract is a single process; there is no specific deployment structure other than access to the data to be uploaded.
  • Server name, database name, user name, and generic connection strings can use single-value constant variables. See.
Caution: 
We recommend updating your Agent(s) after each major Birst release.