2. Requirements

2.1. Platform

2.1.1. Standard stand-alone recommendation

These is a common platform recommendation for a standard stand-alone installation. Any other components fitting the requirements will do as well:

Table 2.1. Platform recommendations

PackageURL
Debian Linux 5.0http://www.debian.org/
Sun J2SE 5.0 JDKhttp://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/
Apache Tomcat 5.5http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/
MySQL 5.0 http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

Please consult the documentation on the vendors homepages for installation instructions. For failsafe or high volume installations please contact a Gentics consultant.

2.1.2. Requirements

  • Runtime Environment:

    J2SE 5.0 compliant, J2EE 5.0 support, Servlet 2.4 compliant application server platform (Apache Tomcat 5.5, BEA WebLogic, IBM Webshpere, Jetty (on JBoss), JBoss...)

  • Database:

    SQL-92 compliant, JDBC compliant database (Oracle 10g, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL 5.0, ...). For a more complete list of supported and tested databases, and restrictions see the Gentics Infoportal

  • Operation System:

    100% OS independent (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris, ...)

  • Hardware:

    100% hardware platform independent (Intel, Sparc, PowerPC, ...)

  • Libraries:

    Gentics Portal.Node is shipped with a zip-file containing shared libraries. Please do not replace these libraries (e.g. with other versions) since we can only guarantee compatibility and correct operation only with the shipped libraries.