Confluence Docs 3.0 : System Requirements
This page last changed on Sep 23, 2009 by edalgliesh.
Please review the system requirements below before installing Confluence. Client RequirementsYou can use the following web browsers to access Confluence: The currently supported browsers are:
We recommend using the latest production-level versions of these browsers: Firefox 3, Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7. Newer browser versions tend to perform better and have fewer bugs. In particular we strongly suggest using IE7 instead of IE6. Support for Internet Explorer 6Confluence will support IE6 until the 13th of July, 2010, in line with Microsoft's Support Lifecycle policy. Confluence 3.0 and future versions through 2009 will continue to support IE6. Other Client Requirement InformationMore 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.
Operating System
Supported operating systems:
Confluence should work on any system that has Java 5 support. If you can get Confluence running on an unsupported operating system we will still try to help you if you encounter problems, but we may ask you to move to a supported operating system before we can provide more detailed support. 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. If you have no preference, we recommend using PostgreSQL — it is scalable, free, and easy to set up. For database setup information, see Database Configuration and Database Setup For Any External Database.
Unsupported DatabasesFor Confluence 2.10 and later, MySQL 4.1.x is not supported — please upgrade to MySQL 5. The decision to deprecate this database was announced previously. There is a workaround to enable MySQL 4.1.x. 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.
Please see configuration guides for supported application servers. If you have no preference, we recommend using Confluence Standalone which includes Apache Tomcat. Unsupported J2EE Application ServersFrom Confluence 2.10 and later, the following application servers are no longer supported:
Potentially Compatible Application Servers
J2EE 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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