AppSuite:OX System Requirements

OX App Suite Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview

The following table provides an overview about the supported components of OX App Suite and further products. This overview makes no claim to be complete.

Open-Xchange Server 6 overview tables about the supported components are available at OX 6 Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview

Information about Maintenance expiries of components, versions and browser support, can be found in the Maintenance Expires Table

Hardware Requirements

General Assumptions

Open-Xchange App Suite Server (middleware services) is designed to run on physical servers or virtual machines of the same flavor. Cloud environments might be used in terms of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), meaning that all components need to be deployed in a classical manner on virtual machines.

This means in particular, but not only:

• Infrastructure is "quasi-static". We don't need to take into account things like VMs coming and going dynamically, dynamic IPs, volatile ("ephemeral") data
• "Database as a service" is not allowed. This typically is a highly customized "MySQL like" storage engine, and not a true MySQL, and we can't control flavor, version, setup, etc. If need for configuration changes is identified, we won't be able to change anything.

So to summarize: we expect any virtualized platform to behave and work just like a well-known non-virtualized / physical platform.

Especially we expect the virtual hardware to be not over-provisioned. Each VM must have dedicated resources with respect to CPU cores, RAM, IOPS, storage, network bandwidth, network latency, etc.

Network is expected to be flat, inside one datacenter, no multi-datacenter, no segments. No packet loss, low latency.

Disclaimer: All recommendations below are without guarantee and can differ for specific deployments. For mid- and large-scale setups a detailed deployment planning and sizing tests are mandatory and should be agreed on with OX Professional Services.

High Level Design / OS setup

Operate services separately (USM, Document/Image Converters) as described in Cluster Setup.

Clocks between all nodes must be synchronized (e.g. via NTP).

Open file/max process limits need to be adjusted properly. Based on the used Linux distribution and init system configuration will differ, see Resource Limits for further explanation.

Platform Architecture: 64 bit versions (x84_64) of the supported Linux distributions

Node Sizing

• Max. 8 GB heap per JVM + 4 GB system memory for other daemons and the OS (buffers, caches)
• 4 CPU cores (virtual, physical or hyperthreads)
• Disk space
  • 5 GB for OS and software
  • 2 * system memory of free disk space (i.e. 12 GB RAM => 24 GB free disk space) for file spooling, log files, heap and core dumps

Untested/Unsupported Deployments

• Changes to Garbage Collector settings
• Running in containerized environments (Docker, rkt)
• Elasticity/High velocity of nodes going up and down: Services are sometimes stateful and demand static configuration
• Cloud platform services (PaaS) that promise to replacements for certain supported technologies but have not been verified by OX for these regards
• Multi-site active-active

Software Requirements

Linux Distributions

OX App Suite is available as Linux packages for the following distributions:

Distribution	Versions	Remarks
Suse Linux Enterprise Server	12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	6,7
CentOS	6,7	Install from RHEL package repositories
Debian	9 (Stretch)
Univention Corporate Server	4.3, 4.4
Amazon Linux	2	Install from RHEL package repositories (from App Suite v7.10.1)

Java

OX App Suite Middleware requires OpenJDK headless JRE 8 or 9.

Databases

OX App Suite uses MySQL with the InnoDB storage engine as its primary data store. The following vendors and products are supported.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle	MySQL Community Edition, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition	[5.6.x, 5.7.x]
MariaDB	MariaDB Server, Galera Cluster	[10.1.x, 10.2.x]
Percona	XtraDB Cluster	[5.6.x, 5.7.x]
Amazon	AWS RDS for MariaDB	10.2.x (from App Suite v7.10.1)
Amazon	AWS RDS for MySQL	5.7.x (from App Suite v7.10.1)

Important Notes

• For some Linux distributions the included MySQL/MariaDB packages are too old to be used with App Suite. It is mandatory then to install a supported version from upstream package sources. Possible sources are the official vendor repositories of MySQL, MariaDB or Percona as well as for example Red Hat Software Collections.
• Required MySQL configuration differs between App Suite 7.8.4 and 7.10.0 and also between the different database systems in terms of SQL modes. See My.cnf for details.
• For upgrades from App Suite <= 7.8.2 to >= 7.10.0 a comprehensive database upgrade guide exists: AppSuite:7_10_Database_Migration

File Storage

Temporary Data

OX App Suite stores temporary files in the local file system, e.g. for spooling of uploaded data. Any file system supported by the installed JRE is suitable.

Persistent Data

Persistent data like OX Drive files, PIM attachments etc. needs to be stored in a distributed file system that is available from all server nodes. For single-node setups a local file system mount point can be used, small to mid-scale setups can be powered by NFS. For large-scale setups object storages should be considered.

Object Storages

OX App Suite ships with different optional adapters to support object storages.

Vendor	Product	API	Remarks
Amazon	AWS S3	S3 HTTP API	See also AppSuite:S3_File_Store
CEPH	RadosGW	S3 HTTP API	See also AppSuite:S3_File_Store
Scality	Scality RING	Sproxyd HTTP API	See also AppSuite:Scality_File_Store
OpenStack	Swift	Object Storage API V1	Support for Swift is experimental and could be removed again in the future. See also AppSuite:Swift_File_Store

Desktop Browser (Minimum display resolution: 1024 x 768)

Browser	OX App Suite User Front-End
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11	v7.6.3
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11/Edge	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2
Mozilla Firefox (latest & previous version)	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2
Google Chrome (latest & previous version)	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2
Apple Safari (10.01 & 10.03 & 12.0; Mac OS X only)	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2

Mobile Device Support

Mobile Device	Supported Browser	OX App Suite User Front-End	Minimum Speed Requirements
iPhone on iOS 11 / iOS 12	Safari	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2	3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)
Smartphone on Android 4.1 or later	Chrome (latest & previous version)	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2	3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)

Tablet Support

Tablet	Supported Browser	OX App Suite User Front-End	Minimum Speed Requirements
Apple iPad (all devices) on iOS 11 / iOS 12	Safari	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2	3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)
Tablets on Android 4.1 or later	Chrome (latest & previous version)	v7.8.4, v7.10.1, v7.10.2	3G connections (512/256kBit/s, 350ms latency)

Calendar/Contact synchronization Apple Mac OS X

Requirement	Calendar synchronization with CalDAV	Contacts synchronization with CardDAV
Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
macOS 10.12, 10.13 (Sierra & High Sierra)

Calendar/Contact synchronization Apple iOS

Requirement	Calendar synchronization with CalDAV	Contacts synchronization with CardDAV
Apple iOS 11 / iOS 12

Mobility Solution - Supported- Platforms, Features and Devices

Feature/Technology/Device	OXtender for Business Mobility (availalble for App Suite, OXHE, OXSE)
Exchange Active Sync 2.5
Exchange Active Sync 12.1
Access and creation of emails
Personal PIM folder
Public and Shared PIM folder
Global address book
Push E-Mail
Apple iOS 11 / iOS 12
Android 4.1 or later

OX Drive for Clients

Requirement	System / Platform
OX App Suite	OX App Suite v7.8.4, OX App Suite v7.10.1, OX App Suite v7.10.2
OX Drive for Windows	Latest versions of Windows 8, latest versions of Windows 10 (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators and Windows RT)
OX Drive for Mac OS	Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), macOS 10.12, 10.13 (Sierra & High Sierra)
OX Drive for iOS	Apple iOS 11, Apple iOS 12
OX Drive for Android	Smartphone on Android 5.x or later with Chrome (latest & previous version), Tablets on Android 5.x or later with Chrome (latest & previous version)

OX Mail App

Requirement	System / Platform / User Interface
OX App Suite	OX App Suite v7.8.4, OX App Suite v7.10.1, OX App Suite v7.10.2
Mobile API Facade	Mobile API Facade v1.0.2 or later (until OX App Suite v7.8.4) Mobile API Facade v1.4.0 or later (from OX App Suite v7.10.1) Mobile API Facade v1.6.0 or later (from OX App Suite v7.10.2)
Push Notification Package	Package "open-xchange-mobile-api-facade-push-certificates" (available to App Suite licensees only)
OX Mail App for iOS	iOS 11, iOS 12 Server reachable via TLS 1.2
OX Mail App for Android	Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or higher Server reachable via TLS 1.2

OX Sync App

Requirement	System / Platform / User Interface
OX App Suite	OX App Suite v7.8.4, OX App Suite v7.10.1, OX App Suite v7.10.2
OX Sync App for Android	Smartphone on Android 4.0 or later

OX Guard

Requirement	System / Platform / User Interface
OX App Suite	OX Guard since v2.8.0: OX App Suite v7.8.4 OX Guard since v2.10.1: OX App Suite v7.10.1 OX Guard since v2.10.2: OX App Suite v7.10.2
Mobile Device and Tablet Support	Apple iPhone on iOS 11 / iOS 12: Safari (latest version & previous version) Smartphone on Android 4.1 or later: Chrome (latest & previous version) Apple iPad (all devices) on iOS 11 / iOS 12: Safari Safari (latest version & previous version) Tablets on Android 4.1 or later: Chrome (latest & previous version)