System requirements

For a trouble-free installation of the current version of BlueSpice 4, we recommend the following system requirements.

Browser

• Microsoft Edge
• Google Chrome
• Firefox

Server Environment

• Operating system:
  • We strongly recommend Linux (preferably Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04, CentOS 7)
  • You might use Windows Server starting at 2016, but we have seen performance issues on Windows Server
• Webserver:
  • Apache 2.4.x, IIS >= 10 or nginx 1.x (nginx not possible in WikiFarm)
• PHP:
  • PHP 7.4: BlueSpice 4.2.x runs completely stable
  • PHP 8.0: Starting with BlueSpice 4.2.4
  • PHP 8.1: Starting from BlueSpice 4.3.x
• Database:
  • MySQL: >= 5.6 or
  • MariaDB >= 10.3
• (Virtual) hardware requirements:
  • CPU:
    • Linux: 8 Cores (min. 4 Cores)
    • Windows: 16 Cores (min. 8 Cores)
  • Main memory:
    • Linux: 16 GB (min. 8GB)
    • Windows: min. 16 GB
  • Available hard drive space:
    • > 20 GB (depends on the planned storage of data)
• Other:
  • Apache Tomcat >= 9 oder Jetty >= 9 (for PDF export and LaTexRenderer)
  • ElasticSearch 6.8 with plugin “ingest-attachment”
  • OpenJDK >= 10
  • NodeJS 16

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