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 |
|
| Java Runtime Environment | JRE within Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 11 (formerly known as AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK 11) using the HotSpot JVM |
Customer ID
All Content Delivery services require you to specify a customer ID in order to verify that you have purchased a license to use the service. Contact RWS Customer Support to obtain your customer ID.
Additionally, to enable the microservices to communicate with the entitlements server, you must configure the allowlist in your organization's firewall to allow communication with *.sentinelcloud.com
Microsoft Windows operating systems
All Content Delivery Server Roles run on the following Windows operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (x64) (recommended)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (x64)
Deprecated: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (x64) is deprecated.
As a general rule, ensure that the latest (security) 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: Redhat Enterprise Linux 8, latest minor version
Deprecated: Redhat Enterprise Linux 7, latest minor version
As a general rule, ensure that the latest (security) updates are installed on your operating system.
Java
- Supported:
- Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 11 (formerly known as AdoptOpenJDK OpenJDK 11) (18.9 LTS release) using the HotSpot JVM
- Oracle JDK 11
- Deprecated: no Java version is deprecated.
Download Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK Java 11 from this location: https://adoptium.net
- Install the entire JDK
- Use the
jlinkcommand to only install the JRE part of the JDK.
Powershell installation script prerequisites
| 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. |