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Linux Application Server

Required and optional software to be obtained and installed before a Linux Application Server installation, and software automatically installed during installation.

RWS product

  • Contenta and Contenta S1000D 5.11

Machine

  • Application Server running Red Hat Linux

Prerequisite software

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the following software is obtained and installed on the system before installation.
Operating system
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or later 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 or later 64-bit (deprecated)
Additional operating system packages
  • Required for all Linux versions:
    • libXtst.x86_64
    • tcsh.x86_64
  • Required for Linux 8.x and 7.x:
    • motif‐2.3.4‐12.el7.x86_64
  • Required for Linux 6.x:
    • libXaw‐1.0.11‐2.el6.x86_64
    • libXpm‐3.5.10‐2.el6.x86_64
    • openmotif‐2.3.3‐9.el6.x86_64
Java
  • Oracle JDK 11.0.12 64-bit
  • AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK with Hotspot JRE 11.0.12 64‐bit
  • Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.0_301 64-bit (deprecated)
Database client
  • Oracle 19c (12.2.0.3) 64‐bit client (OCI)
  • Oracle 18c (12.2.0.2) 64‐bit client (ODBC) (deprecated)

Optional software

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that optional software is obtained and installed on the device before installation.
PDF viewer

To read product documentation, the machine requires Adobe Reader or an equivalent application for reading PDF documents.

Third-party software

The following third-party software is installed on the system as part of the RWS installation.
  • Apache Solr 8.10.0
  • CPAN Perl 5.28.1 64‐bit
  • Omnimark OEM 11.0.1 64‐bit
  • Reprise License Manager 12.4 64-bit

Product version compatibility

The following table shows which products are compatible with one another.

Table 1. Contenta S1000D and LiveContent S1000D compatibility
RH Linux CompatibilityLiveContent S1000D (LCS)
5.10 (Fully Supported) 5.11 (Fully Supported)
Contenta S1000D (CaS) Server using S1000D Publish Tool 5.10 (Fully Supported)SupportedSupported
5.11 (Fully Supported)SupportedSupported
Product Version Release Status as of September 2021 is noted in parentheses after version number. This matrix identifies which product versions have been qualified and supported on the same server at the time of that product version's release date. Releases prior to those in this chart are now in the Retired category and therefore have not been formally qualified. The S1000D Spec Issue version (e.g. Issue 5.0, Issue 4.2, etc.) must be supported in both CaS and LCS version releases to publish IETMs containing that Spec Issue version.
Table 2. Contenta S1000D and XPP compatibility
RH Linux CompatibilityXPP Server
9.4 (Fully Supported)9.6 (Fully Supported)
Contenta S1000D (CaS) Server using S1000D Publish Tool 5.10 (Fully Supported)SupportedSupported
5.11 (Fully Supported)SupportedSupported
Product Version Release Status as of September 2021 is noted in parentheses after version number. This matrix identifies which product versions have been qualified and supported on the same server at the time of that product version's release date. Releases prior to those in this chart are now in the Retired category and therefore have not been formally qualified.