Prerequisites for standalone microservices
Content Delivery standalone microservices have a slightly bigger set of prerequisites than client-side APIs or Web application extensions.
Recommended prerequisites
| Prerequisite | Recommended product release |
|---|---|
| Operating system | The latest version of any of the supported operating systems |
| Java | Java SE 8.0 |
Microsoft Windows operating systems
All Content Delivery Server Roles run on the following Windows operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (x64)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update (x64)
- Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
You can download Service Pack 1 for Windows 2008 R2 from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5842
As a general rule, ensure that the latest updates are installed on your Microsoft Windows operating system.
Your Windows release must be in one of the following languages:
- US English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Dutch
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
The language of your Windows version must correspond to the language of related software. For example, using a French version of Windows requires a French database.
Non-Windows operating systems
Content Delivery microservices run on the following non-Windows operating systems:
Supported:
| Vendor | Operating system version |
|---|---|
| Redhat | Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.4 |
| Redhat | Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.3 |
| Redhat | Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.8 |
| Vendor | Operating system version |
|---|---|
| Redhat | Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.1 |
| Redhat | Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.7 |
| Oracle | Solaris 10 (formerly known as Sun Solaris 10) |
| Oracle | Solaris 11 |
| IBM | IBM AIX 6.1 |
| IBM | IBM AIX 7.1 |
| HP | HP-UX 11i V2 |
| HP | HP-UX 11i V3 |
Java
All Content Delivery microservices require Java 8.0, bitsize 32 or 64. Download Java from this location: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html