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Linux Web Server

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

SDL product

  • Contenta S1000D 5.9

Machine

  • Web 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 8.0 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 64-bit (deprecated)
Additional operating system packages
  • Required for all Linux versions:
    • tcsh.x86_64
  • Required for Linux 7.7:
    • motif‐2.3.4‐12.el7.x86_64
  • Required for Linux 6.10:
    • libXaw‐1.0.11‐2.el6.x86_64
    • libXpm‐3.5.10‐2.el6.x86_64
    • openmotif‐2.3.3‐9.el6.x86_64
Web and web application server
Apache HTTP
  • Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x with corresponding mod_jk‐1.2.x
Apache Tomcat
  • Apache Tomcat 9.0.27 64-bit
  • Apache Tomcat 8.5.34 64-bit (deprecated)
Java
  • Oracle JDK 11.0.8 64-bit
  • Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.0_261 64-bit
  • AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK with Hotspot JRE 11.0.8 64‐bit

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 SDL installation.
  • CPAN Perl 5.28.1 64-bit
  • JQuery 1.5.2
  • Omnimark OEM 10.1.2 64‐bit
  • Saxon-Java 9.9.0
  • Xalan-Java 2.6.0
  • Xerces-Java 2.6.2

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)
5.8 (Retired) 5.9 (Fully Supported)
Contenta S1000D (CaS) Server using S1000D Publish Tool 5.8 (Retired)SupportedSupported
5.9 (Fully Supported)SupportedSupported
Product Version Release Status as of February 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 4.2, Issue 4.1, Issue 4.0.2) 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)9.5 (Fully Supported)
Contenta S1000D (CaS) Server using S1000D Publish Tool 5.8 (Retired)SupportedSupported
5.9 (Fully Supported)SupportedSupported
Product Version Release Status as of February 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.