System requirements Litium 8
Before installing Litium, verify the compatibility of the hosting environment and the Litium system requirements. The system requirements are the same for all Litium editions.
Production web server
Software requirements
- Microsoft Server 2012 or later with IIS (Internet Information Services) with the Web Sockets protocol enabled.
- .NET Framework 4.7.2 running in full-trust.
- Possibility to communicate with an SMTP server.
- An folder with write permission for the anonymous ASP.NET user.
- Make sure Load User Profile is enabled for ApplicationPool.
- For generation of thumbnails server side; Node need to be installed
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable
Ensure that the Internet Information Server (IIS) supports ASP.NET. Follow these instructions to add ASP.NET support in IIS: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831475.aspx.
Hardware requirements
- Processor: Intel Xeon server processor (2 core, x64) 2.0+ GHz or equivalent recommended.
- RAM: minimum 2 GB, for larger solutions you need more memory (if you do not have enough memory, your server will be slow).
- Hard drive: minimum 5 GB free space recommended, depending on the type and the size of the solution.
Production database server
Software requirements
Hardware requirements
- Processor: Intel Xeon server processor (2 core, x64) 2.0+ GHz or equivalent recommended.
- RAM: 6 GB or more recommended, 8–12 GB for larger solutions.
- Hard drive: minimum 5 GB free space recommended, depending on the type and the size of the solution.
Multiserver environment
- See Multi-server installation.
- Shared folder accessible over SMB (file share) from the web server.
- Load balancer.
- Session state server.
Client Requirements
Public site browsing
Litium supports all major browsers. However, the support depends how the presentation templates are constructed in the implementation project.
Back office administration
- Internet Explorer latest version (PC).
- Firefox latest version (PC and Mac).
- Chrome latest version (PC and Mac).
- Safari latest version (Mac).
Developer tools
Ensure that the Internet Information Services (IIS) supports ASP.NET. Follow these instructions to add ASP.NET support in IIS: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831475.aspx.
Database
Shared development environment
If the database is shared between multiple development machines, the following two requirements must be fulfilled: