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Add warning about Linux being preferred and Windows not (macOS is in …
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mrjones-plip committed Nov 18, 2021
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{{% alert title="Note" %}}
For production CHT deployments, Linux is recommended, with [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/server) the most commonly used. For CHT development, Linux or macOS may be used. Windows can be used for either, but without recommendation.
{{% /alert %}}

Hosting a CHT instance in a cloud provider like AWS or on bare-metal requires you have sufficient hardware specifications, Docker and Docker Compose installed and other infrastructure requirements met.

## Hardware Requirements
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* Scale - What happens when the hardware deployed needs to be upgraded to increase capacity?
* Updates - By definition TLS certificates expire and software needs to be updated - how will the deployment get these updates on a regular basis?
* Security - While the TLS certificate will protect data on the LAN, is the server hard drive encrypted in the event of property theft?
* Privacy - The CHT inherently carries sensitive patient medical information in the database. Are there sufficient measures in place to protect this sensitive data?
* Privacy - The CHT inherently carries sensitive patient medical information in the database. Are there sufficient measures in place to protect this sensitive data?

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