System and Installation Prerequisites

The minimum system requirements for Federation Manager are:

Memory

1 GB (minimum), 2 GB recommended

Disk Space

2 GB minimum (900M disk space, 700M temporary file location)

Browser

Windows Internet Explorer; Mozilla FireFox

Supported Operating System

Windows, UNIX

For specific version information, see the Federation Manager Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site.

Federation Manager has the following installation prerequisites:

Oracle or SQL Server database
The policy, key, and session stores use the server database. Install a database and name the database instance. This instance name is used later when running the Federation Manager Configuration wizard.

Important! Multiple Federation Manager servers can share a database instance, but the database instance must be dedicated for your Federation Manager environment. Do not share the Federation Manager database instance with servers for other applications, such as a SiteMinder server. Though Federation Manager systems need a dedicated database instance, they do not need a dedicated database server.

The database administrator must have privileges to create tables in the database and populate the database with data.

For specific version information, see the Federation Manager Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site.
JDK required
For specific version information, see the Federation Manager Platform Support Matrix on the Technical Support site.
Javascript must be enabled.
Federation Manager cannot operate on UNIX platforms using any port below 1024. This limitation includes the default Apache HTTP port (80) and the default Apache SSL port (443).
On Windows, run the installation as an administrator and stop and start Federation Manager services as an administrator.

Important! Be aware of the following installation restrictions:

Do not install Federation Manager on a system where the SiteMinder Policy Server or Secure Proxy Server (SPS) is already installed. Installing Federation Manager on a SiteMinder system could negatively impact the existing SiteMinder installation.
Do not install Federation Manager on a system where there is an existing Apache Web Server or Apache Tomcat Server.