1.1. System requirements

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The requirements cited below are provisional and may change according to quality tests findings.

To run eXo Platform 5.0, your system is required to meet the following specifications or higher:

CPU: Multi-core recommended, 2GHz minimum.
Memory: The eXo Platform package is optimized with default settings: max heap size = 4GB and non-heap size = 256MB; so the available memory should be at least 4GB. It is recommended you have a memory of 8GB (4GB free for database services and file system caches).
Free disk space: 10GB minimum
Java 8+: JDK 8 is required for eXo Platform 5.0 version. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to your JDK installation.
Java 7 and below is incompatible for eXo Platform 5.0 version.

Browser Compatibility:

Operating system	Recommended browser	Supported browser	Compatible browser	Incompatible browser
Windows	Firefox ESR 52.4 Edge 15 Chrome 62	Internet Explorer 11 Edge, Chrome, Firefox - Latest stable		Internet Explorer 10 and below
Linux	Firefox ESR 52.4	Firefox - the last stable	Chrome - the latest stable
Mac OS	Firefox ESR 52.4 Chrome 62	Firefox - the last stable Chrome - the last stable	Safari 11,10	Safari 8 and below
Android		Chrome 55	Chrome - the latest stable Firefox - the latest stable
iOS		Chrome 55 Safari 9	Chrome - the latest stable Safari 8

The eXo server will run on the port 8080 by default, so make sure this port is not currently in use or configure eXo Platform to use another port.

See also