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Installation Prerequisites

Prior to installing any WSO2 Identity Server, it is necessary to have the appropriate prerequisite software installed on your system. Verify that the computer has the supported operating system and development platforms before starting the installation.

System requirements

Note

The below recommendations can change based on the expected concurrency & performance.

CPU

4 vCPUs (x86_64 Architecture)

Memory

4 GB RAM

Disk

~ 10 GB disk space, excluding space allocated for log files and databases.

Note

We do not recommend running WSO2 Identity Server on ARM processors. However, official support for this is being considered for future releases.

Environment compatibility

Operating Systems/ Databases/ User Stores
  • WSO2 Identity Server requires an Oracle JDK 11 or JDK 8 compliant JDK. This will run on most common platforms that support Java 11 or Java 8. .
  • All WSO2 Carbon-based products are generally compatible with most common DBMSs. The embedded H2 database is suitable for development and testing. For enterprise production environments we recommend an industry-standard RDBMS such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, etc. For more information, see Working with Databases .
  • WSO2 Identity Server supports using any of the following as a user store :

Note

  • WSO2 Identity Server is shipped with a default embedded Apache DS that is suitable for development purposes. WSO2 does not recommend using Apache DS in a production environment due to scalability issues that exist with Apache DS.
  • WSO2 does not recommend using the H2 database as a user store in production environments. However, you can use the H2 database for development purposes if necessary.

  • For environments that WSO2 products are tested with, see Environment Compatibility .
  • If you have difficulty setting up any WSO2 product in a specific platform or database, contact WSO2.

Required applications

The following applications are required for running the product and its samples or for building from the source code.

Note

The applications marked with an asterisk * are mandatory.

Running the product

These applications are mandatory and are required to run the binary distribution of the WSO2 product. The binary distribution contains the binary files for both MS Windows, and Linux-based operating systems.

Application

Purpose

Version

 Download Links

Java SE Development Kit (JDK)*

  • Oracle JDK 8

  • Oracle JDK 11

  • OpenJDK 8

  • OpenJDK 11

Note

If you are using an Oracle JDK version lower than 8u161, you need to download the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files from here and add the files to the security directory of your Java installation to avoid illegal key size errors when you try to invoke a secured Web service.
OpenJDK
Oracle JDK

Web Browser*
  • To access the product's Management Console. The Web Browser must be JavaScript enabled to take full advantage of the Management console.

Note

Note: On Windows Server 2003, you must not go below the medium security level in Internet Explorer 6.x.



Running samples and building from source

These applications are required for building the product from the source distribution, and compiling and running product samples.

Warning

If you are installing by downloading and extracting the binary distribution (as recommended for most users) instead of building from the source code, you do not need to install Maven.

Application


Purpose Version Download Links

Apache Maven
  • To build the product from the source distribution (NOTE: both JDK and Apache Maven are required).

3.0.x or later

Apache Maven
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