Gentics Content.Node Compatibility List

This list gives an overview over different components and the available support. We suggest that the components that were marked as supported should be used.

Older versions of components may no longer be tested. Please take a look at the archived list for information about older components.

This list was last updated 26.02.2014.

1 Databases

1.1 Oracle MySQL

Due to a specific support contract we are obliged to support the latest version of the Oracle MySQL Enterprise Edition Server.

Major Version Version Supported Notes
5.x 5.6.12 Yes¹ Since Gentics Content.Node 5.12.22 / 5.13.8. See note below for additional information
5.x 5.5.31 Yes¹ Since Gentics Content.Node 5.12.22 / 5.13.8. See note below for additional information
5.x 5.1.45 Yes¹ Since Gentics Content.Node 4.1 – 20100331
5.x 5.0.51a Yes¹

MySQL 5.6.12 – Please note that it is mandatory to disable the sql_mode setting. By default NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION and STRICT_TRANS_TABLES are enabled. Gentics Content.Node will not function properly when the STRICT_TRANS_TABLES setting is enabled.

Please note that some custom my.cnf mysqld setting must be applied. Please check the admin installation guide

2 JDBC Driver

2.1 MySQL JDBC Connector

Major Version Version Supported Notes
5.x 5.1.12 Yes¹
5.x 5.1.10 No This version contains a bug which could lead to performance issues.
5.x 5.0.5 Yes¹

3 Operating Systems

3.1 Debian Linux

Major Version Version Supported Notes
5.x 5.0 – Lenny Yes
6.x 6.0 – Squeeze Yes³ It is mandatory to install bash as default shell.
7.x 7.0 – Wheezy Yes³
8.x 8.0 – Jassie Yes³

3.2 SUSE Enterprise Linux Server (SLES)

Major Version Version Supported Notes
11.x 11 Yes³

3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (REL)

Major Version Version Supported Notes
6.x 6.0 Yes³
5.x 5.5 Yes³
5.x 5.3 Yes³

4 Webserver

Currenly only the included apache webserver version 2.2.22 is supported.

5 Application Server

5.1 Tomcat

Major Version Version Supported Notes
6.x 6.0.26 Yes³ Included within Gentics Content.Node 4.1

Currently only the included Tomcat is supported for Gentics Content.Node.

6 Java / JVM / JRE

6.1 Sun JVM (HotSpot)

Major Version Version Supported Notes
1.7.x 1.7.0 Update 51 Yes x86-64 Bit – Since GCN 5.14.21
1.7.x 1.7.0 Update 25 No x86-64 Bit – Since GCN 5.14.0
1.6.x 1.6.0 Update 45 No x86-64 Bit
1.6.x 1.6.0 Update 45 No x86-32 Bit
1.6.x 1.6.0 Update 37 No x86-64 Bit
1.6.x 1.6.0 Update 19 No x86-64 Bit
1.6.x 1.6.0 Update 14 No x86-64 Bit
1.6.x 1.6.0 Update 14 No x86-32 Bit

JVM 1.7.0_50 and older are not supported due to a jvm bug. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/server-jre7-downloads-1931105.html

JVM 1.6.0_14 to 1.6.0_18 are affected by a defect. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u18-142093.html and http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6699669

7 Browser

7.1 Mozilla Firefox

Major Version Version Supported Notes
23.x 23.0.1 Yes³
16.x 16.0 Yes³
4.x 4.0.1 Yes³
3.x 3.6.3 Yes³
3.x 3.5.5 Yes³
3.x 3.0.11 Yes³

7.2 Microsoft Internet Explorer

Major Version Version Supported Notes
11.x 11.0.9600.16518 Yes²
10.x 10.0.9200.16521 Yes² A workaround for IE 10 frame rendering issues (white content) has been implemented in GCN.
9.x 9.0.8112.16421 Yes²
8.x 8.0.6001.18702 Yes²
7.x 7.0.5730.13 Yes² This browser has some known memory leaks. This might lead to performance issues during usage.
6.x 6.0.2800.1106 Partially supported Internet Explorer 6 is not compatible with Aloha Editor. This affects Content.Node 5 and newer versions.
5.x 5.51.4807.2300 No 5.x is not supported by Gentics Content.Node and the Gentics Enterprise Portal

Please note that Microsoft Internet Explorer is only supported when the default compatibility headers of your GCN installation are not modified.

7.3 Apple Safari

Major Version Version Supported Notes
4.x 4.0.4 No This browser incorrectly displays autocompletion boxes.
4.x 4.0.1 Yes² -

7.4 Opera

Major Version Version Supported Notes
10.x 10.10 No The display of context menus is not fully supported of this browser.
9.x 9.64 Yes²

7.5 Google Chrome

Major Version Version Supported Notes
28.x Yes³
27.x Yes³
26.x Yes³
25.x Yes³
24.x Yes³
23.x Yes³
22.x Yes³
21.x Yes³
20.x Yes³
19.x Yes³
18.x Yes³
17.x Yes³
16.x Yes³
15.x Yes³
14.x Yes³
13.x Yes³
11.x 11.0.696 Yes³
10.x 10.0.648 Yes³
8.x 8.0.552 Yes³
7.x 7.0.517 Yes³
6.x 6.0.472 Yes³
5.x 5.0.342-9 Yes² Since GCN version 20100222a

8 Aloha Editor

Please refer to the official Aloha Editor Browser Support page.

Gentics Content.Repository / CrSync / Portal.Connector

Databases

Oracle MySQL

Major Version Version Supported Notes
5.x 5.6.12 Yes¹
5.x 5.1.45 Yes¹
5.x 5.0.51a Yes¹

HSQLDB

Major Version Version Supported Notes
1.x 1.8.0.10

Oracle Server

Major Version Version Supported Notes
11g 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1.0) (1. September 2009) Yes¹ JDBC driver is supported for product versions that were released since 20.04.2010.
11g 11g Release 2 (11.1.0.6.0) (1. September 2009) Yes¹ JDBC driver is supported for product versions that were released since 20.04.2010.
11g 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.6.0) (11 July 2007) ?

Microsoft SQL Server

Major Version Version Supported Notes
2008 2008 (Express) Yes¹ Passed Microsoft Platform Test

JDBC Driver

MySQL JDBC Connector

Major Version Version Supported Notes
5.x 5.1.12 Yes¹
5.x 5.1.10 Yes¹
5.x 5.1.6 ?
5.x 5.0.3 Yes¹
5.x 5.0.5 Yes¹

Oracle JDBC Connector

Major Version Version Supported Notes
11.x 11.2.0.1.0 Yes¹ Supported for releases which were made after 20.04.2009. Only supported for JDK 1.5, JDK 1.6 – Oracle Database 11g R2
11.x 11.1.0.7.0 ? only for JDK 1.5, JDK 1.6 – Oracle Database 11g R1
11.x 11.1.0.6.0 ? only for JDK 1.5, JDK 1.6

Microsoft SQL JDBC Connector

Major Version Version Supported Notes
4.x 4.0.2206.100 Yes² MD5: 5223e4328ef17575a2739501eac9c3e1 File: sqljdbc.jar
4.x 4.0.2206.100 Yes¹ MD5: a99205071acbe2709103b971662992e0 File: sqljdbc4.jar
3.x 3.0.1301.101 ? MD5: a74c2544129dad3c7fdb8ad729ffdfdb File: sqljdbc.jar
3.x 3.0.1301.101 ? MD5: 402130141d5f2cee727f4371e2e8fd8a File: sqljdbc4.jar
2.x 2.0.1803.100 ? MD5: 81cc767857d85162096d16841d7d46fa File: sqljdbc.jar
2.x 2.0.1803.100 ? MD5: 249734b9b7dafaccd92de99eee95d7d6 File: sqljdbc4.jar
1.x 1.2.2828.100 No MD5: c4abd239210077c9f9e98b832d79bce8 No longer supported by Microsoft
Footnotes

Yes¹ – Tested using automatic tests.

Yes² – Tested using periodic manual tests.

Yes³ – Supported for Gentics Content.Node releases that were made after the release of the mentioned browser version.