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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

RWS recommends the following set of Content Delivery prerequisites for microservices:
PrerequisiteRecommended product release
Operating system
  • For Windows systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2022 (x64)
  • For non-Windows systems: Redhat Enterprise Linux 8, latest minor version
Java Runtime EnvironmentJRE 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:

Supported:
  • 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

All Content Delivery microservices require a Java 11 LTS (long-time support) Runtime Environment (JRE). Such a JRE is contained within either of the following Java Development Kits (JDKs):
  • 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

Whichever JDK you select, you only need the JRE inside it. So, depending on your preference, you can do one of the following:
  • Install the entire JDK
  • Use the jlink command to only install the JRE part of the JDK.

Powershell installation script prerequisites

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.