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
- A heap size of around 512MB is generally sufficient to process typical SOAP messages
- Requirements may vary with larger message sizes and on the number of messages processed concurrently
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Disk | - Approximately 180 MB, excluding space allocated for log files and Databases.
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Environment Compatibility
Operating Systems / Databases / Application Servers | - 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, Oracle, H2, DB2, Derby, PostgreSQL.
- For environments that WSO2 products are tested with, see Environments Tested with WSO2 Products.
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Required Applications
Application | Purpose | Version | Notes |
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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.x 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 |
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, it is not allowed to go below the medium security level in Internet Explorer 6.x.
| | Required by all WSO2 products |