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:
- For Microsoft Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/windows
- For Linux: visit https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manager/centos/runtime-current, select your Linux distribution, and follow the instructions to install the Bundle.
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):
| Prerequisite | Description |
|---|---|
| Powershell software | Powershell 5.0 or higher |
| Operating system | An operating system that supports any version of Powershell of 5.0 and higher |
| Microsoft .NET Framework | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 or higher |
| Security | You 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. |