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Installation Requirements: Chili!Soft ASP for Linux

This topic lists the hardware and software requirements for running Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for Linux. 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 required to install and run Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for Linux on your server.

Hardware

The minimum hardware configuration required for Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for Linux is as follows:

·   128 MB RAM (256 or higher recommended)

·   Pentium class processor (x86)

·   200 MB free hard disk space for the bundle installation of Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 with Apache Web Server and Microsoft Front Page 2000 Server Extensions

·   130 MB free hard disk space for the custom installation of Chili!Soft ASP 3.6

Linux Kernel and GLIBC

·   Linux Kernel 2.2

·   GLIBC 2.1.2 to 2.1.94

Operating System

You can install and run Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for Linux on a computer running one of the following operating systems:

·   Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0

·   Debian Linux 2.2

·   SuSE Linux 6.4, 7.0

·   Slackware Linux 7.0, 7.1

·   Linux-Mandrake 7.0, 7.1

·   TurboLinux Server 6.0

Web Server

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

·   Apache Web Server 1.3.12 DSO, NDSO

·   Apache Web Server 1.3.14 DSO

·   Red Hat Secure Server (on Red Hat 6.2 and 7.0 only)

·   iPlanet/Netscape Enterprise 4.0, 4.1

·   Zeus Web Server 3.3.7

Software

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

Important Note

Perl 5.6 does not work with the Chili!Soft ASP setup program. It causes setup to fail.

Supported Software

This section lists the software that is supported and/or installed by Chili!Soft ASP 3.6 for Linux.

Database

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

·   DB2*

·   dBase 5

·   Informix 7, 9

·   InterBase 6.0

·   Microsoft Access (via SequeLink—see note below**)

·   Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 (via SequeLink—see note below**)

·   Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

·   MySQL 3.22, 3.23

·   Oracle 8, 8i

·   PostgreSQL 6.5, 7.0

·   Sybase 11

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

*Note about DB2 support

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

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

- IBM DB2 Software Development Kit (DB2 SDK) for Linux, 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 ships with 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."

Java Runtime Environment

ChiliSoft ASP 3.6 for Linux includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.2.2_06, required for Chili!Beans. ChiliBeans enables you to use Java class files as components called from VBScript or JScript. You must also enable Java support, as described in "Enabling Java Support" in "Chapter 3: Managing Chili!Soft ASP." 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 Microsoft 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 for Linux in this chapter

Choosing an Installation Option for Linux in this chapter

Installing a Custom Configuration of Chili!Soft ASP for Linux in this chapter

Installing the Chili!Soft ASP Bundle for Linux in this chapter

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