Content Delivery operating system support history for microservices
SDL Web 8.5 Content Delivery has a number of changed operating system prerequisites compared to SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1 or SDL Web 8 with Cumulative Update 1 applied for Server Role software components that are now microservices (either Web application-based microservices or standalone microservices). Note that all operating systems that are neither Windows-based nor Linux-based are deprecated.
In the following tables: N=not supported, Y=supported, D=Deprecated (support may be dropped in the following version release), Dr=Dropped (support is definitely dropped in the following version release), P=Probably dropped (support is probably dropped in the following version release):
Windows operating systems:
| Microsoft Windows Operating system | 2013 SP1 HR1 | v8 | v8.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (x64) | Y | Y | P |
| Windows Server 2012 (x64) | Dr | N | N |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) | Y | Y | N |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update (x64) | N | N | Y |
| Windows Server 2016 (x64) | N | N | Y |
Non-Windows operating systems:
| Vendor | Operating system | 2013 SP1 HR1 | v8 | v8.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | UX 11i V2 | Y | D | D |
| HP | UX 11i V3 | Y | D | D |
| IBM | AIX 6.1 | Y | D | D |
| IBM | AIX 7.1 | Y | D | D |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 5.9 | Dr | N | N |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 5.10 | Y | N | N |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 6.4 | Y | N | N |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 6.7 | N | Y | P |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 6.8 | N | N | Y |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 7.1 | N | Y | P |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 7.3 | N | N | Y |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux 7.4 | N | N | Y |
| Oracle | Solaris 10 (formerly known as Sun Solaris 10) | Y | D | D |
| Oracle | Solaris 11 | Y | D | D |