Prerequisites for this release
Read this section to find out the software and hardware prerequisites for the current release, SDL Web 8.
- Product prerequisites overview
A diagram that shows which parts have product prerequisites. - Hardware prerequisites
Guidelines on selecting the correct hardware for your SDL Web implementation. The platform supports basic, single-machine implementations and elaborate, scaled-out implementations, each with different hardware requirements. - General prerequisites for PowerShell scripts
PowerShell database scripts can run on any SDL Web 8 server machines running Windows, so you can always run the scripts from such a machine. However, any other machine that meets these requirements can also be used. - Content Manager database server prerequisites
The Content Manager requires an Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server database. This topic lists the required and supported software for the Content Manager database. - Content Manager server prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for the Content Manager server. In most cases, the installer will install a supported version of the required prerequisite if missing. - Content Manager Explorer prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for the Content Manager Explorer browser-based interface. The prerequisites are the same as for Experience Manager. - Experience Manager client prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for the Experience Manager client. The prerequisites are the same as for Content Manager Explorer. - WebDAV client prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported client-side software to connect to the WebDAV Connector. The WebDAV Connector enables interaction with the Content Manager through a WebDAV-compliant application, such as Windows Explorer. - Visio Workflow Designer client prerequisites
Required and supported software for the Visio Workflow Designer client application. Visio Workflow Designer requires no licenses at all, neither on the client side nor on the Content Manager Server. - Template Builder prerequisites
The prerequisites of the Template Builder client application. Template Builder enables template developers to combine Template Building Blocks into a Template. Template Builder requires no license at all to run, neither on the client machine nor on the Content Manager server machine. - .NET assembly templating client prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for creating and uploading .NET assemblies into Template Building Blocks. - Dreamweaver templating prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for creating and uploading Dreamweaver Template Building Blocks into Content Manager. - Topology Manager database prerequisites
The requirements for the Topology Manager database are identical to those of the Content Manager database. -
- Content Data Store prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for the Content Data Store where a relational database is used to store published content. - Experience Manager database and Discovery Service database prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for the Experience Manager database and for the Discovery Service database. - Content Delivery prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for installing Content Delivery Server Roles. There are different prerequisites for microservices on the one hand, and for client APIs and Web application extensions on the other hand. - User Generated Content prerequisites
This section lists the required and supported software for the User Generated Content product feature. - Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for part of the Audience Manager and Outbound E-mail systems. - Translation Manager prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported software for Translation Manager.