Certified stack

The following software components have been tested to work with Magnolia Enterprise Edition and the Jackrabbit repository.

Operating Systems

Linux distributions running kernel 2.6.

• Ubuntu 8 and later
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and later
• Fedora 8 and later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 and later
• CentOS 5 and later
• Debian 5 and later

Windows

• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows 7

Other

• FreeBSD 7 and later
• Mac OS X 10 and later

Are you running Magnolia on an OS that is not listed here? Let us know by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page or post to the forum.

Java

You need a Java Development Kit (JDK) or a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your system to run Magnolia and the Tomcat application server that ships with the bundle. JRE is an implementation of the Java Virtual Machine which executes Java programs. JDK is a bundle of software that you can use to develop Java based applications. If you plan to write your own Java code get the JDK. If you just want to run Magnolia then JRE is sufficient.

Magnolia releases run on the active Java version at the time of the first release.

Java and JDK refers here to Oracle Java releases. Please see also Oracle's page Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap.

While OpenJDK/IcedTea in general works, it is known to fail to produce correct results in certain corner cases.

Application servers

• Tomcat. Please check Apache's Apache Tomcat - Which Version Do I Want? page to find out about compatibility between Tomcat and Java versions.
• Wildfly (JBoss AS):
  • Wildfly 8, 9
  • Wildfly 10 (requires Java 8 or later)
• IBM WebSphere Application Server 7 and later.
• Oracle WebLogic Server version 10.3 and later.

Notes:

• Releases of JBoss AS to version 7.1.1.Final are archived and with no support.
• Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere are supported only with the special Magnolia package for Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere.
• Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere are supported only with Magnolia Enterprise Edition Pro.
• IBM WebSphere 8.5.x is certified with Magnolia 5.3.5 and later and Workflow 5.5 and later.

Browsers

Back end: AdminCentral and editing functionality

* We support Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE versions that are not older than 2 years.
** Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 on January 12, 2016. These browsers are not supported on Magnolia. 
*** Android tablets with Chrome generally work well but we don't fully support Android just yet.

Front end: sites built with STK

The STK supports all CSS3/HTML5 compatible browsers.

Databases

Embedded

• Derby 10.3.1.4 (the packaged version)

External DB

• MySQL 5.0 and later with MySQL Connector 5.1.x (JDBC Drivers)
• Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition and later
• PostgreSQL 9 and later
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Notes:

• Derby DB 10.3.1.4 is supported only as an embedded database, packaged version for low volume use only
• MySQL DB 5.0 and later is supported as an external database.
• InnoDB storage engine for MySQL is supported by Magnolia, MyISAM is not. InnoDB is the default in MySQL 5.5 and later.
• Oracle 10g, 11g, and 12c Enterprise Edition is supported as an external database.

Repositories

• Magnolia 3.0: Jackrabbit 1.0.1
• Magnolia 3.5: Jackrabbit 1.3.3
• Magnolia 3.6: Jackrabbit 1.4.5
• Magnolia 4.0 - 4.2: Jackrabbit 1.5
• Magnolia 4.3 - 4.4: Jackrabbit 1.6
• Magnolia 4.4.9-JR24 - 4.5: Jackrabbit 2.4
• Magnolia 4.5 Apache Jackrabbit 2.8

Summary

The certified stack can be summarized as follows: