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Installation Prerequisites

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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.

Disk

  • ~ 1 GB, excluding space allocated for log files and databases.

Environment compatibility

Operating Systems/Databases/User Stores

  • All WSO2 Carbon-based products are Java applications that can be run on any platform that is Oracle JDK 7/8 or OpenJDK 8 compliant. 
  • All WSO2 Carbon-based products are generally compatible with most common DBMSs. The embedded H2 database is suitable for development and testing. For enterprise production environments we recommend an industry-standard RDBMS such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, etc. For more information, see Working with Databases.
  • WSO2 Identity Server supports using any of the following as a user store:

Note

  • WSO2 Identity Server is shipped with a default embedded Apache DS that is suitable for development purposes. WSO2 does not recommend using Apache DS in a production environment due to scalability issues that exist with Apache DS.
  • WSO2 does not recommend using the H2 database as a user store in production environments. However, you can use the H2 database for development purposes if necessary.

Required applications

The following applications are required for running the product and its samples or for building from the source code. 

The applications marked with an asterisk * are mandatory.

Running the product

These applications are mandatory and are required to run the binary distribution of the WSO2 product. The binary distribution contains the binary files for both MS Windows, and Linux-based operating systems. It is recommended for most users.

Application

Purpose

Version

Download Links

Java SE Development Kit (JDK)*

  • JDK 7 or 8

Important!

Some updates of JDK 1.8 (for example, JDK1.8.0_151) are affected by a known issue related to GZIP decoding. Until this issue is fixed, we recommend one of the following approaches:

  • Use either JDK1.8.0_144 or JDK1.8.0_077 updates. We have verified that these versions are not affected by the known issue.
  • Alternatively, you can disable GZIP decoding for your product by following the steps given below. This will ensure that your product is not affected by the known issue.
    1. Open the catalina-server.xml file from the <IS_HOME>/repository/conf/tomcat/ directory.

    2. Set the compression parameter (under each of the connector configurations) to false as shown below:

      compression="off"

    3. Restart the server.

Note

If you are using an Oracle JDK version lower than 8u161, you need to download the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files from here and add the files to the security directory of your Java installation to avoid illegal key size errors when you try to invoke a secured Web service.


  • Oracle and IBM JRE 1.7 are also supported when running (not building) WSO2 products.

Java downloads

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.





Running samples and building from source

These applications are required for building the product from the source distribution, and compiling and running product samples. 

Application


PurposeVersionDownload Links

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/

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 (as recommended for most users) instead of building from the source code, you do not need to install Maven.

3.0.x

http://maven.apache.org/