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Windows Application Server

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

SDL product

  • Contenta S1000D 5.9

Machine

  • Application Server running Microsoft Windows

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
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 64-bit
Additional operating system packages
  • Microsoft C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable Package (x64)
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
Database client
  • Oracle 18c (12.2.0.2) 64‐bit client (OCI)
  • Oracle 12.2.0.1 (12.2.0.1) (ODBC) 64‐bit client (deprecated)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP2 64‐bit client with ODBC driver

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.
  • Apache Solr 4.10.3
  • Reprise License Manager 12.4 64-bit
  • Strawberry Perl 5.28.1 64‐bit

Product version compatibility

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

Table 1. Contenta S1000D and LiveContent S1000D compatibility
MS Windows 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
MS Windows CompatibilityXPP Server
9.4 (Retired) 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.