Stages Documentation

System Requirements for Stages 7.8

Client Requirements

Stages is a web application, so a recent web browser is required on the clients.

BrowserSupported Versions
Google ChromeLatest Version
Microsoft EdgeLatest Version
Mozilla FirefoxLatest Version
Mobile SafariLatest Version

Note: The browser must have cookies and JavaScript enabled.

For full security support in Mozilla Firefox the browser setting “network.http.sendOriginHeader” needs to be enabled. This is already the case by default unless it has explicitly been set to the value “0”.

Server Requirements

Stages is a Java application and is executed on a Tomcat application server. The application server is automatically installed together with Stages.

The application server also acts as a web server. Thus, no additional web server (i.e. Apache or IIS) is required. If you do deploy Stages behind a web server (i.e. Apache or IIS), please ensure that:

  • the https and wss (web socket) protocol URLs are forwarded for /stages and below.
  • the https protocol URLs are forwarded for /reporting and below.
  • the https protocol URLs are forwarded for /pkit and below, if you want the V6 Stages bookmarks to be redirected to their V7 counterparts.

Running Stages with a permanent license requires the Stages server machine to have a fixed IP address.

If the Stages user database should be synchronized with a Windows Active Directory Server via LDAP, a read-only user account on the ActiveDirectory server is required.

Stages is approved to run on virtualized environments, if sufficient resource isolation is assured (e.g. that intense CPU usage on another VM cannot degrade the Stages application VM performance).

Software RequirementsDescription
Operating System
Windows Server 2012 (64-Bit)
Windows Server 2016 (64-Bit)
Windows Server 2019 (64-Bit)
Windows 7 (64-Bit)
Windows 10 (64-Bit)


Linux with RPM, LSB and x86_64 architecture
Java Virtual Machine
Java SE Development Kit 1.8.0_161 or any higher 1.8.x version (64-Bit) (Oracle, Eclipse Temurin (former AdoptOpenJDK) and other Java 8 platforms).

The Temurin/Adoptium JDK on Windows Server has a defect supporting the asian default font. In case you run Stages on Windows and want to support asian glyphs, please use the JDK of a different vendor (e.g. Oracle or Azul).

Available 3rd Party Integrations

3rd Party SoftwareSupported Versions
SubversionSubversion 1.9, 1.10, 1.14
Microsoft Sharepoint2016, 2019, Sharepoint Online (365)

Database Requirements

Low Range System

Criteria

  • max 25 parallel active users
  • max 100 open user sessions
  • max 5000 users synchronized via LDAP
  • max 10 File Management repositories

Server Recommendations

  • RAM: 12 GB minimum
  • CPU: 4 Cores
  • Storage: 6 GB (system, not including project sandboxes)

Database Recommendations

  • Shared Oracle or MySQL server
  • Connection 1 GBit
  • Latency < 1 ms (Ping) required

Mid Range System

Criteria

  • max 100 parallel active users
  • max 500 open user sessions
  • max 15000 users synchronized via LDAP
  • max 100 File Management repositories

Server Recommendations

  • RAM: 16 GB
  • CPU: 8 Cores
  • Storage: 12 GB (system, not including project sandboxes)

Database Recommendations

  • Oracle or MySQL server
  • CPU: 4 Cores
  • Connection 10 GBit
  • Latency < 1 ms (Ping) required

High Range System

Criteria

  • max 500 parallel active users
  • max 2000 open user sessions
  • max 50000 users synchronized via LDAP
  • over 100 File Management repositories

Server Recommendations

  • RAM: 32 GB
  • CPU: 16 Cores
  • Storage: 24 GB (system, not including project sandboxes)

Database Recommendations

  • Oracle server
  • CPU: 8 Cores
  • Connection 10 GBit
  • Latency < 1 ms (Ping) required