Confluence 2.9 : System Requirements
This page last changed on Aug 06, 2008 by smaddox.
Please review the system requirements below before installing Confluence. Client RequirementsYou can use the following web browsers to access Confluence:
More information about browser support and why rich-text editing is only available for some browsers can be found on the browser support page. Server RequirementsConfluence works with a broad range of operating systems, database systems and application servers. Provided you have the technical knowledge, it is very likely that you will be able to run Confluence with an 8-year-old database, or even on some 8-year-old hardware. Realistically, it is not technically feasible for us to provide our legendary support service on all environments available. There can only be a finite number of environments and release versions of those that we support. Our rule of thumb when releasing a new version of Confluence is that we will officially support environments that have been released within the last one to two years (latest version if none released). This does not necessarily mean you need to upgrade your database or application server every time you upgrade Confluence — but if you do run into problems with an unsupported database version or application server version, we may have to ask you to upgrade to something newer.
For further information please also have a look at our Supported Platforms FAQ.
Database
Supported DatabasesConfluence supports the following database systems, provided they are running on a Windows, Unix (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux), Mac OS X on X86 or X86-64 processors.
If your database does not appear on this list, please read the questions and answers about supported platforms. For Confluence 2.8 and later, zOS, AIX and HPUX are not supported; neither are processors other than X86. If you can get these databases running on another operating system or other processors, we will try to help you but may ask you to move to a supported operating system before we can provided more detailed support. Please note that DB2 on AS/400 or iSeries is not supported, and DB2 on OS/390 or z/OS is not supported either. Some customers have reported getting this working — you can find the details of their unsupported work around in CONF-11125. If you have no preference, we recommend using MySQL — it is scalable, free, and easy to set up. For database setup information, see Database Configuration. The following databases work with some workarounds and are supported for versions up to Confluence 2.7, and probably still work with Confluence 2.8. However they are no longer officially supported from Confluence 2.8 on.
Application ServerSupported and Compatible J2EE Application ServersConfluence supports the following application servers, provided they are running on a Windows, Unix (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solarix, Linux), Mac OS X on X86 or X86-64 processors.
For Confluence 2.8 and later, zOS, AIX and HPUX are not supported; neither are processors other than X86. If you can get these application servers running on another operating system, we will try to help you but may ask you to move to a supported operating system before we can provide more detailed support.
Please see configuration guides for supported application servers. If you have no preference, we recommend using Confluence Standalone which includes Apache Tomcat. Potentially Compatible Application Servers
Non J2EE Application Servers: Refer to the Supported Platforms FAQ. Known Incompatible J2EE Application Servers
Antivirus Software ConfigurationAntivirus software greatly decreases the performance of Confluence. Antivirus software that intercepts access to the hard disk is particularly detrimental, and may even cause errors in Confluence. You should configure your antivirus software to ignore the following directories:
Server LoadServer load depends primarily on the number of users online at once and their usage of Confluence. Under 25 concurrent users:
Over 25 concurrent users:
Over 100 concurrent users:
See Server Hardware Requirements Guide for details. Refer also to the tips on reducing out of memory errors, in particular the section on Permanent Generation Size. Disk SpaceConfluence Install Directory - 250MB
Confluence Home Directory or External Database - 250MB minimum
JavaConfluence requires a supported version of the JDK (Java Development Kit) to be installed. Confluence supports the following Java versions:
Refer to the instructions on installing Java for Confluence. RELATED TOPICSConfluence Installation Guide |
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