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Prior to installing any WSO2 Carbon-based product, it is necessary to have the appropriate prerequisite software installed on your system. Verify that the computer has the supported operating system and development platforms before starting the installation.
System requirements
Memory | - ~ 2 GB minimum
- ~ 512 MB heap size. This is generally sufficient to process typical SOAP messages but the requirements vary with larger message sizes and the number of messages processed concurrently.
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Disk | - ~ 1 GB, excluding space allocated for log files and databases.
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Environment compatibility
Operating Systems / Databases | - All WSO2 Carbon-based products are Java applications that can be run on any platform that is JDK 1.6.*/1.7.* compliant.
- All WSO2 Carbon-based products are generally compatible with most common DBMSs.
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Required applications
The following applications are required for running the product and its samples or for building from the source code. Mandatory installations are marked with an asterisk *.
Application | Purpose | Version | Download Links |
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Oracle Java SE Development Kit (JDK)* | | 1.6.24 or later / 1.7.* - If you are using JDK 1.6, you might need to install Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files to avoid "illegal key size" errors when you try to invoke a secured web service.
- If you want to build the product from the source distribution, you must use JDK 1.6 instead of JDK 1.7.
- Oracle and IBM JRE 1.7 are also supported when running (not building) WSO2 products.
| http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp |
Apache ActiveMQ
JMS Provider | - To enable the product's JMS transport and try out JMS samples if any. The ActiveMQ client libraries must be installed in the product's classpath before you can enable the JMS transport.
| 5.5.0 or later
If you use any other JMS provider (e.g. Apache Qpid), install any necessary libraries and/or components. | http://activemq.apache.org/ |
Apache Ant | - To compile and run the product samples.
| 1.7.0 or later | http://ant.apache.org/ |
| SVN Client | | | |
Apache Maven | - To build the product from the source distribution (both JDK and Apache Maven are required). If you are installing by downloading and extracting the binary distribution instead of building from the source code, you do not need to install Maven.
| 3.0.x | http://maven.apache.org/ |
Web Browser | - To access the product's Management Console. The Web Browser must be JavaScript enabled to take full advantage of the Management console.
- NOTE: On Windows Server 2003, you must not go below the medium security level in Internet Explorer 6.x.
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You are now ready to install WSO2 AS. Click one of the following links for instructions: