Prerequisites for SmartTarget on Presentation Server

SmartTarget requires that you have a fully-operational Presentation Server. The Presentation Server is the machine which serves Web site content to visitors. This section lists the software required by the SmartTarget components you install on the Presentation Server.

Web sites driven by SDL Tridion run as Java or ASP.NET Web applications on a Web Application Server. SmartTarget requires you to install and implement additional features that run on the Presentation Server.

Required SDL Tridion software

SmartTarget 2014 SP1 requires the following software installed on the Presentation Server:

  • the Content Delivery API server role delivered with SDL Tridion 2013 SP1—you need to install the Content Delivery API server role in the Web application in which your Web site is running and configure it for the Ambient Data Framework.
  • the Content Delivery Web service server role delivered with SDL Tridion 2013 SP1
  • optionally, if you want to use Contact details and Segments as triggers for promotions, you need to install Audience Manager 2013 SP1 (delivered with SDL Tridion 2013 SP1) and the Audience Manager cartridge that plugs into the framework.

Web Application Server

The Web Application Server on which you install SmartTarget presentation-side components are the same as those Content Delivery system supports. For more information, read the SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 Product Prerequisites.