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 7.3 |
| 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
Search software
The Content Delivery microservices for searching, IQ Query Service and IQ Index Service, require Elastic Elasticsearch 5.5 or newer.
Download the latest version of Elasticsearch from this location: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch.
Installation documentation for the Elasticsearch core product is here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html
- Ingest Attachment Processor Plugin, documented here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/ingest-attachment.html
- ICU Analysis Plugin, documented here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/analysis-icu.html
- X-Pack Plugin