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Add-ons feature prerequisites

This topic lists the required and supported software for the Add-ons feature.

Operating systems

You can run the Add-ons Service on any of the following operating systems:
  • any Microsoft Windows server operating system that is supported for Content Manager server or Content Delivery server
  • one of the following Linux operating systems:
    • Redhat Enterprise Linux 7, latest minor version
    • Redhat Enterprise Linux 8, latest minor version

Runtimes

Add-ons requires installation of both the .NET Core and ASP.NET Core host bundles version 3.1. Download from one of these locations:

Database servers

The requirements for the Add-ons database are identical to those of the Content Manager database.

Web browsers

You can run Add-ons client on the latest version of any of the following browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
  • Safari

Installation Powershell script prerequisites (for installations on a Windows machine)

To run Powershell scripts, you require a machine that meets the following requirements (any Tridion Sites 9.6 server machine running Windows meets these requirements):
PrerequisiteDescription
Powershell softwarePowershell 5.0 or higher
Operating systemAn operating system that supports any version of Powershell of 5.0 and higher
Microsoft .NET FrameworkMicrosoft .NET Framework 4.8 or higher
SecurityYou need to be logged in as a user with sufficient security clearance. For example, to run a script that installs software to a target folder, you must be logged in as a user with write access to that folder.