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Installation Requirements: Chili!Soft ASP for IBM AIX

This topic lists the hardware and software requirements for running Chili!Soft ASP 3.6.0-P1 for IBM AIX. It also lists the additional software, such as databases and tools, that Chili!Soft ASP supports.

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section lists the hardware and software requirements for installing and running Chili!Soft ASP 3.6.0-P1 for IBM AIX.

Hardware

The minimum hardware configuration required to run Chili!Soft ASP 3.6.0-P1 for IBM AIX is as follows:

·   128 MB RAM (256-512 recommended)

·   PowerPC processor

·   165 MB free hard disk space

Operating System

You can install Chili!Soft ASP 3.6.0-P1 for IBM AIX on a computer running the following operating system:

·   IBM AIX 4.3

Software

Perl 5.005_03 or later must be running on the computer to which you are installing Chili!Soft ASP 3.6.

Web Server

For a custom installation of Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for IBM AIX, you must be running one of the following Web servers (the bundle installation automatically installs and configures Apache 1.3.12):

·   Apache 1.3.12, 1.3.14

·   Netscape/iPlanet 4.0

·   Zeus 3.3.8

·   IBM HTTP Server

Supported Software

This section lists additional software that is installed and/or supported by Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for IBM AIX.

Database

Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for IBM AIX includes ODBC drivers for the following databases:

·   DB2*

·   dBase 5

·   Informix 7, 9

·   Microsoft Access** (via SequeLink)

·   Microsoft SQL Server 6.5** (via SequeLink)

·   Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

·   Oracle 8

·   Sybase 11

ODBC drivers are installed automatically by the Chili!Soft ASP setup program. Following installation, you must configure the ASP Server for the database being used. For more information, see "Configuring a Database" in "Chapter 3: Managing Chili!Soft ASP."

*Note about DB2 support

In order to configure the ASP Server to connect to a DB2 database, the following software must be installed on the computer running the ASP Server:

- IBM DB2 Client Application Enabler (CAE) for IBM AIX, version 2.1 or higher

- IBM DB2 Software Development Kit (DB2 SDK) for IBM AIX, version 2.1 or higher

For more information, see "Configuring DB2" in "Chapter 3: Managing Chili!Soft ASP."

** Note about Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 support

To provide remote database connectivity with Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 databases, Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 includes the client portion of the Merant SequeLink 4.51a software. You also must download and install the server portion of this software from Chili!Soft. For more information, see "Configuring SequeLink" in "Chapter 3: Managing Chili!Soft ASP."

MainSoft MainWin Win32 Libraries

Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for IBM AIX includes MainSoft MainWin Win32 Libraries v3.3 (build 68).

Java Runtime Environment

In order to use Chili!Beans, you must have the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.1.8 installed on the computer running the ASP Server. Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for IBM AIX does not include this JRE. You must also enable Java support, as described in "Enabling Java Support" in "Chapter 3: Managing Chili!Soft ASP." ChiliBeans enables you to use Java class files as components called from VBScript or JScript. For more information about Chili!Beans, see "Chili!Beans Component Reference" in "Chapter 5: Developer's Reference."

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions

Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions are included in the bundle installation of Chili!Soft ASP 3.6. They provide services to the Web server that work in conjunction with Chili!Soft ASP to provide FrontPage functionality to computers that are not running Windows NT or Windows 2000 and Internet Information Services (IIS). For more information, see "Enabling FrontPage Publishing" in "Chapter 3: Managing Chili!Soft ASP."

See also:

Installing Chili!Soft ASP 3.6.0-P1 for IBM AIX in this chapter

Uninstalling Chili!Soft ASP in this chapter

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