Installation Prerequisites

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	1 GB minimum Requirements may vary with larger message sizes and on the number of messages processed concurrently
Processor	Pentium 800MHz or equivalent at minimum ( Dual core or above processor is recommended for production deployments)
Disk	Approximately 250 MB, excluding space allocated for log files and Databases.

Environment Compatibility

Operating Systems / Databases

As all WSO2 Carbon-based products are Java applications, it is generally possible to run them on most operating systems. These include Windows, Linux, Solaris, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mac OS X, Gentoo, SUSE, Debian etc. with a JDK 1.6.x runtime.
However, Linux/Solaris are recommended for a production deployment.
All WSO2 Carbon-based products are generally compatible with most-common DBMSs such as MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, H2, DB2, Derby, PostgreSQL.
For environments that WSO2 products are tested with, see Compatibility of WSO2 Products.

Required Applications

The following applications are required for running the Message Broker and its samples or for building from the source code. Mandatory installs are marked with *.

Application	Purpose	Version	Notes
Java SE Development Kit (JDK)	To launch the product as each product is a Java application. To build the product from the Source distribution (both JDK and Apache Maven are required). To run Apache Ant.	1.6.24 or higher	Required by all WSO2 products
Apache Ant	To compile and run the sample clients.	1.7.0 or later	Required by all WSO2 products to run product samples
Apache Maven	To build the product from the Source distribution (both JDK and Apache Maven are required).	3.0.3 or later	Required by all WSO2 products when installing from source distribution
SVN Client	To checkout WSO2 Carbon source from `http:` `//svn.wso2.org/repos/wso2/carbon/kernel/branches/4.0.0 wso2carbon` .	Can be downloaded form, Windows - http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html Linux - http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html	Required by all WSO2 products
Web Browser	To access the product's Management Console. The Web Browser must be JavaScript enabled to take full advantage of the Management console. On Windows Server 2003, it is not allowed to go below the medium security level in Internet Explorer 6.x.		Required by all WSO2 products