Linux Application Server

Required and optional software to be obtained and installed before a Linux Application Server installation, and software automatically installed during installation.

RWS product

  • Contenta and Contenta S1000D 5.12.2

Machine

  • Application Server running Red Hat Linux

Prerequisite software

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the following software is obtained and installed on the system before installation.
Operating system
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 or later, 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 or later 8.x release, 64-bit
Additional operating system packages
  • Required for Linux 9:
    • libXtst.x86_64
    • libnsl2.x86_64
    • libpng16.x86_64
    • tcsh.x86_64
  • Required for Linux 8:
    • libXtst.x86_64
    • libnsl.x86_64
    • libpng16.x86_64
    • tcsh.x86_64
Java
  • Oracle OpenJDK 17.0.11, 64-bit
  • Temurin OpenJDK with Hotspot JRE 17.0.11, 64‐bit
Database client
  • Oracle 19c (12.2.0.3) 64‐bit client (OCI)

Optional software

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that optional software is obtained and installed on the device before installation.
PDF viewer

To read product documentation, the machine requires Adobe Reader or an equivalent application for reading PDF documents.

Third-party software

The following third-party software is installed on the system as part of the RWS installation.
  • Apache Solr 8.10.0
  • CPAN Perl 5.32.1.1 64‐bit
  • Omnimark OEM 11.0.1 64‐bit
  • Reprise License Manager 12.4 64-bit

Product version compatibility

The following tables show which products are compatible with one another.

Table 1. Contenta S1000D and LiveContent S1000D compatibility as of September 2024
RH Linux CompatibilityLiveContent S1000D (LCS)
5.12 (Fully Supported)LiveContent Central 6.0 (Fully Supported)
Contenta S1000D (CaS) using S1000D Publish Tool

5.11 (Fully Supported)SupportedNot Supported
5.12.2 (Fully Supported)SupportedNot Supported
Product versions shown have been qualified and supported on the same server at the time of release. Earlier product versions are in the Retired category, and therefore have not been formally qualified. To publish IETMs containing S1000D content, the S1000D Spec Issue (5.0, 4.2, etc.) must be supported in Contenta S1000D and LiveContent S1000D.
Table 2. Contenta S1000D and XPP compatibility as of September 2024
RH Linux Compatibility XPP 9.6.3XPP 9.8
Contenta S1000D Publish Tool 5.11Supported

If CaS and XPP are both installed on the same server, it must be either a RH Linux 7.9 64-bit or RH Linux 8.1 64-bit Server.

Supported if CaS and XPP are installed on different servers.

Not Supported if CaS and XPP are on the same server as they each require a different Perl version.

5.12.2

with Perl 5.32

Supported

If CaS and XPP are both installed on the same server, it must be RH Linux 8.1 64-bit Server.

Supported if CaS and XPP are installed on different servers.

Not Supported if CaS and XPP are on the same server as they each require a different Perl version.

Table 3. Contenta S1000D and XPP compatibility as of Contenta S1000D 5.12.2 release September 2024
RH Linux Compatibility XPP 9.6.3

with Perl 5.32

XPP 9.8

with Perl 5.38

Contenta S1000D Publish Tool 5.11Supported

If CaS and XPP are both installed on the same server, it must be either a RH Linux 7.9 64-bit or RH Linux 8.1 64-bit Server.

Supported if CaS and XPP are installed on different servers.

Not Supported if CaS and XPP are on the same server as they each require different Perl versions.

5.12.2

with Perl 5.32

Supported

If CaS and XPP are both installed on the same server, it must be RH Linux 8.1 64-bit Server.

Supported if CaS and XPP are installed on different servers.

Not Supported if CaS and XPP are on the same server as they each require different Perl versions.