OX6:OX System Requirements

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Open-Xchange Server 6 Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview

The following table provides an overview about the supported components at the OX User Front-End, Connector for Microsoft Outlook and OXtender for Business Mobility. This overview makes no claim to be complete.

OX App Suite overview tables about the supported components at the OX User Front-End, Connector for Microsoft Outlook and Connector for Business Mobility are available at OX App Suite Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview

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

Installation-, Hardware-, Software-Requirements

Please note: Installation and administration of the Open-Xchange Server Edition requires basic knowledge of E-Mail systems under Linux, Apache and MySQL as well as experience in the command line administration of Linux systems.

Open-Xchange Server Edition:

  • Memory 8 GB - 12 GB
    Please Note: If you want to install OX in a VM memory needs to be allocated exclusively to that installation (and not shared with other VM's). This also applies to the database and other related systems or componenets.
  • Disk 500 MB plus User Data
  • Supported IMAP Server: Dovecot (Recommended), Cyrus and Courier (To some extent, may mot support all features)

Desktop Browser (Minimum display resolution: 1024 x 768)

Browser OX 6 User Front-End
   
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11/Edge v6.22.12, v6.22.13
Mozilla Firefox (latest & previous version) v6.22.12, v6.22.13
Google Chrome (latest & previous version) v6.22.12, v6.22.13
Apple Safari (latest version & previous version. Mac OS X only) v6.22.12, v6.22.13

MS Windows / MS Outlook® / OX Updater

Requirement Connector for Microsoft Outlook OX Updater
     
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Client PC operating system Latest versions of Windows 8 (no support of start screen tiles), latest versions of Windows 10 (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators and Windows RT) Latest versions of Windows 8 (no support of start screen tiles), latest versions of Windows 10 (no support of Mac OS X clients with emulators and Windows RT)
Supported Outlook versions Latest versions of Microsoft Outlook 2010 (each with 32 + 64 bit), Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 (each with 32 + 64 bit; no support of "Office 2010 Click-to-Run", "Office Home and Business 2010 Testversion”)  

Calendar/Contact synchronization Apple Mac OS X

Requirement Calendar synchronization with CalDAV Contacts synchronization with CardDAV
     
Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) Check.gif Check.gif
macOS 10.12 (Sierra) Check.gif Check.gif

Calendar/Contact synchronization Apple iOS

Requirement Calendar synchronization with CalDAV Contacts synchronization with CardDAV
     
Apple iOS 9 / iOS 10 Check.gif Check.gif

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 Check.gif
Exchange Active Sync 12.1 Check.gif
   
Access and creation of emails Check.gif
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Global address book Check.gif
Push E-Mail Check.gif
   
Windows Phone 8 (latest & previous minor versions), Windows Phone 10 (latest & previous minor versions) Check.gif
Apple iOS 9 / iOS 10 Check.gif
Android 2.3 or later Check.gif

Server Platforms

Platforms OX App Suite Supported Java Versions Supported MySQL Versions
       
Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 11) Check.gifvalid until OX App Suite v7.8.2 IBM Java 7 MySQL 5.5.x (for SP3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) Check.gif OpenJDK 6 or Oracle Java 7 MySQL v5.1.x
Debian 7 Check.gif valid until OX App Suite v7.8.2 OpenJDK 7 or Oracle Java 7 MySQL v5.5.x
CentOS 6 Check.gif OpenJDK 6 or Oracle Java 6 MySQL v5.1.x
Univention Corporate Server 3.x Check.gif OpenJDK 1.6 MySQL v5.1.x

Please Note: To gain higher availability a setup based on Percona XtraDB 5.5 is supported like described in this article: Galera database setup