Information for IT

Overview

We recommend that you discuss the requirements for the installation with your IT department before you undertake the installation and registration process. The relevant details that your IT department needs to know are summairsed in the paragraphs below:

Application Overview

  • Platform: The application is developed in .NET Core 9.0. Users must have the .NET Core 9.0 runtime installed.

  • Distribution: The software is distributed as a ZIP archive from a secure URL. The URL is not publicly accessible and will only be shared directly with users or IT staff via email.

  • Installation: Installation is straightforward – users unzip the archive and create a shortcut to the executable file (juno_cassandra_desktop.exe). No system-level changes, registry edits, or background services are installed.

Network Requirements

The application integrates with our secure online services:

  • API endpoint: https://api.junomodel.com/api – Used to validate user credentials and license status, and record usage events.

  • Web portal: https://tools.junomodel.com – Users manage their passwords securely via HTTPS.

Please whitelist https://api.junomodel.com/api and https://tools.junomodel.com.

  • Data stored on API server: Only encrypted user credentials, machine identifiers, and basic usage logs as described in our EULA.

Local File Access

  • The application requires read/write access to a designated project folder.

  • For performance reasons during modelling runs, we recommend that this folder be located on the user’s local hard drive.

Licensing and Machine Identification

  • To prevent licence abuse, the application must be able to uniquely identify the user’s computer.

  • This is achieved by reading the system’s UUID (Universally Unique Identifier), a standard hardware identifier provided by Windows.

  • No other hardware or system details are collected.

Security Considerations

  • The application does not install drivers, services, or background processes.

  • Communication with https://api.junomodel.com/api and https://tools.junomodel.com is via secure HTTPS only.

  • The API/database does not store sensitive project data – only authentication, licensing metadata and usage logs.

  • Users remain in full control of their project files, which are stored locally.

Summary Checklist

☐ Confirm .NET Core 9.0 runtime is installed

☐ Ensure users can unzip and run the application

☐ Whitelist [https://api.junomodel.com/api and https://tools.junomodel.com

☐ Allow read/write access to a local project folder

☐ Permit the application to read the system UUID for licensing