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West km Express System Requirements

Following are the system requirements for West km Express version 6.5.

All requirements are current as of the publication of this document. Please confirm the specific requirements with your West km technical consultant before software installation.

West km Server Configuration

Per the software agreement, only a single instance (single-server installation) of West km is supported. Multi-server configurations are not supported. For the best performance, limit the document population to 250,000.

The West km server should not be shared with other applications or services. A new or existing/repurposed file server can be used for West km Express, as long as no other applications or database software is installed and running (e.g., e-mail, case or document management, or other database software). West km is not supported on a domain controller.

Hardware—64-bit

 

Minimum Processor:  Quad Core Xeon 2.0 GHz or faster

 

Recommended Processor:  8-Core Xeon 2.5 GHz or faster

 

Memory: 32 GB or higher

 

Operating System

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit), Windows Server 2016 (GUI, 64-bit), Windows Server 2019 (GUI, 64-bit), or Windows Server 2022 (GUI, 64-bit) and PowerShell 3 or higher must be installed prior to installing West km.

The following components are installed with West km:

Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5 (2012), 10.0 (2016)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2, 64-bit
Java Runtime Environment 1.8, 64-bit (8.0.101)

Microsoft F# Runtime 4.0, 64-bit

Chocolately (KM Installation)

Chocolately Core.Extension (KM Installation)

SQL Server Express 2017

SQL Server Management Studio 17

*KB2919355, KB2919442, Vcredist2013 12.0.30501 (SQL Express)

Oracle-inside-out-install 6.0 (HTML Conversion)

Vcredist2010 10.0.40219 (Cite Recognition)

Kibana

Nssm 2.24.0 (Kibana)

FileBeat

MetricBeat

 

Note: A secondary drive separate from the Operating System drive is requested for the installation of the West km software suite to accommodate Elastic search data, SQL, and logs.

System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing must be disabled.

IIS Components

 

Web Server
ASP.NET 4.5
.NET Framework 4.5
Windows Authentication
WebDAV Authoring needs to uninstalled

Database Management

 

Microsoft SQL Server Standard or Enterprise Edition: 2012, 2014, 2016 (64-bit), 2017, 2019, or 2022
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express (64 bit) - installs with West km

Notes:

·     The SQL Server system must be installed locally on the West km server. Only a single instance (single-server installation) of West km is supported.

·     If SQL Server is already installed, you must configure TCP/IP to accept remote connections and to use a static port.

·     SQL Server Express includes a 10 GB maximum database size (data files but not log file are counted).

·     Documents you delete from West km leave a small imprint in the database.

·     High Availability/Always On must be turned off during installation (can be turned on post-installation).

 

Browser with Internet Access

 

Internet Explorer 11
Firefox current version
Chrome current version

Note: It is highly recommended that SSL (https) is used on the West km server to avoid allowing mixed content or unsafe scripts to run in the browser when Westlaw integration is being used. This requires that a security certificate be installed on the West km server.

Note: Native XMLHTTP support must be enabled. To enable this feature, click Tools and then click Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab and scroll to the Security section. Ensure that the Enable XMLHTTP Support option is checked.

  Firewall and Proxy Exceptions

            Note: Proxy authentication is not supported.

 

All of your West km servers must allow HTTP and port 80 or HTTPS and port 443 access for outbound TCP communications through your firewall. If you have a proxy server and utilize authentication, the West km server should be listed as an exception so it bypasses the proxy server.

 

West km will need the ability to invoke web requests to the following URL’s through powershell for the installation:

onepassservices.westlaw.com

km.westlaw.com

https://onegetcdn.azureedge.net/providers/providers.masterList.feed.swidtag

chocolatey.org

microsoft.com

download.microsoft.com

vortex-win.data.microsoft.com

settings-win.data.microsoft.com

oracle.com

corretto.aws

sdlc-esd.oracle.com

code.jquery.com

westkmdownloads.westlaw.com

km-nuget.westlaw.com

downloads.westkm.com

 

 

Ports and URLs

The ports used by West km are listed below. You may need to change port settings if a conflict exists with another service already using that port or if a firewall blocks a port.

 

Database Management Server Ports

 

1433 Microsoft SQL Server’s default port

               

Note: Microsoft SQL Server must be configured to use a static port.

 

West km Ports

8083       Litigation Analysis service port

8084       CaRE Indexing Doc server port

8089       Elite Document Analysis service port

8101         KM Search service port

9200       Elastic Search Application Access service port

9300       Elastic Search Internal Communication service port

20000    Cite Executor service port

20001     Outside In service port

 

In addition, for communication to occur between West km and Westlaw servers, your West km servers must allow HTTP and port 80 or HTTPS and port 443 access through your firewall to these URLs:

km-nuget.westlaw.com

westkmdownloads.westlaw.com

westkmservices.westlaw.com

statcont.westlaw.com

business.westlaw.com

next.westlaw.com

help.westkm.com

 

 

Statement of Compatibility for Virtual Environments

 

Support is provided for West km running on a virtual environment (e.g., VMware) without initially requiring reproduction of West km issues on native hardware. The virtual machines must meet minimum requirements.

If your West km technical consultant suspects that the virtualization layer is the root cause of an issue, you may be required to contact the appropriate support provider for your virtual environment to resolve the issue.

West km functional issues are rare under virtual environments, but performance and capacity issues are more common. Performance issues that deviate from internal benchmarks will require you to disable other systems that are competing for physical system resources and may possibly require you to remove West km from the virtual environment altogether.

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Document Management System (DMS) Configuration

One item under each category is required and are the client's responsibility to provide.

Database Management (as required by your DMS)

 

Microsoft SQL Server

 

Supported Document Formats

 

Document Format

Versions

Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)

versions 1.0 through 2016

Corel WordPerfect (.wpd)

versions 5.1 through X7

Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf)

Acrobat versions 1 through 11

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows (.ppt or .pptx)

versions 3.0 through 2016

Rich Text Format (.rtf)

supported

Microsoft Outlook Message (.msg)

supported

HTML (.html)

supported

 

DMS Types

 

iManage

·         Server versions: 8.5, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 10

·         Client dll versions (64-bit): 8.5.100.157, 9.0.0.41

 

iManage Cloud

  • Versions: 10.0.1, 10.0.2
  • Required Configuration Settings - The following settings should be placed on all files under Server in the Server Settings section and the Distributed Architecture section if it exists:
  • MaxQueryTerms=750;
  • MaxResults=1000000;
  • LimitRequestLine=12000;
  • Configuration File Locations:
    D:\Program Files\Autonomy\Indexer\WorkSite IDOL\WorkSite IDOL.cfg
    D:\Program Files\Autonomy\Indexer\WorkSite Content\WorkSite Content.cfg
    D:\Program Files\Autonomy\Indexer\WorkSite Active Content\WorkSite Active Content.cfg
  • “Index timeout” must be set to 60 seconds in the iManage Cloud registry.

 

NetDocuments

  • West km supports NetDocuments full document-level security

 

Open Text eDOCS DM

·         Versions: 10, 16

·         A SQL account is needed in order to establish connection to eDocs. To index documents, a Windows account with a network alias assigned is needed.

 

ProLaw

·         Versions: 12, 13, 14, 16, 17

·         A SQL account is needed in order to establish connection to ProLaw. To index documents, a Windows account with access to physical documents is needed.

 

NTFS

·         Read access to all content in share

·         Maximum file path of 255 characters

 

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Connectivity Accounts

The following accounts are required:

·         A Windows domain user account (or several local user accounts) with read-only rights to all West km server components and to all NTFS documents that West km will access directly, including documents managed with the following DMSs: eDOCS DM, and ProLaw.

o    iManage – DMS account with nrtadmin rights and roles to DMS, datareader access to DMS SQL.

o    eDocs – Remote User account with Read/Execute access to documents on DMS and datareader access to DMS SQL.

o    ProLaw – Remote User account with Read/Execute access to documents on DMS and datareader access to DMS SQL.

o    NetDocuments - Cabinet admin account for Net documents to create mappings, ie matter id, matter name, client id, client name and accessing NetDocuments ID for users.

 

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Workstation Configuration

Operating System

           Windows 10

           Windows 8

           Windows 7

 

Browser

Internet Explorer 11
Firefox current version
Chrome current version

The following must be enabled:

Cookies
JavaScript

Screen Resolution

 

1024 x 768 or higher

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Upgrades

Upgrades are not supported from West km Express 5.x and earlier. A new installation is required.

Contact Us

If you have questions about West km requirements, call or e-mail:

West km Technical Support
1-888-WESTKM1 (1-888-937-8561)

westkm.support@thomsonreuters.com

Support hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. central time, Monday through Friday.

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This document is current as of May 31, 2018.
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