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System and Installation Prerequisites

The minimum system requirements for Federation Manager are:

Memory

2 GB (minimum)

Disk Space

3 GB minimum (1GB disk space, 2GB temporary file location)

Browser

Windows Internet Explorer; Mozilla FireFox

Supported Operating System

Windows, Solaris, Linux

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

Installation Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are necessary for a successful installation.

Note: Review the Federation Manager Release Notes for more information about specific platforms.

• 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 environment. Do not share the 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
• Windows

  Run the installation as an administrator and stop and start Federation Manager services as an administrator.

• Solaris and Linux
  • Do not install Federation Manager as the root user. If you try to install as a root user, the installation aborts and you receive an error message. Instead, create a user account to install Federation Manager.
  • Avoid running Federation Manager on UNIX platforms using any port below 1024. This recommendation includes the default Apache HTTP port (80) and the default Apache SSL port (443).
  • The installation program requires 32-bit system libraries, even if you are installing on a 64-bit system. Install the 32-bit libraries on the 64-bit system before running the installation.

    On Linux systems, run the updatedb command after installing the 32-bit libraries. The updatedb command ensures that the operating system is aware of the new libraries.

  • Install X11 (32-bit) library packages to run a GUI mode installation on an xterminal. These packages are required.
• Linux Only

  To run a Java-based GUI, your system must have the necessary package, such as libXsts. The necessary package is typically available on your system by default.