The following topics are covered below:

• Application Server

• Servlet Container

• Apache Ant

• Natural for Mainframes

• Natural for UNIX

• Natural for OpenVMS

• Natural for Windows

• Browser Prerequisites

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Application Server

The following application servers are supported. The application servers are not delivered with the Natural Web I/O Interface. They can be obtained from the locations indicated below, according to their respective license terms.

• Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1
  This can be downloaded from http://glassfish.java.net/public/downloadsindex.html.

  On this application server, the Natural Web I/O Interface client consists of a web application (natuniweb). This component is installed on the application server.

  Oracle GlassFish Server supports the following profiles: "Full Platform Profile" and "Web Profile". Both profiles can be used with the Natural Web I/O Interface client.

• JBoss Application Server 4.2
  This can be downloaded from http://www.jboss.org/.

  On this application server, the Natural Web I/O Interface client consists of an enterprise application (natuniapp.ear) and a resource adapter (naturalunicode.rar). Both components are installed on the application server.

The prerequisite for using the Natural Web I/O Interface client on these application servers is that Java 6 Update 24 or above is installed. When you install on Oracle GlassFish Server, specific minimum versions are required, depending on your GlassFish version.

Note:
Server farms are not supported.

Servlet Container

The following servlet container is supported. The servlet container is not delivered with the Natural Web I/O Interface. It can be obtained from the location indicated below, according to its license terms.

• Apache Tomcat 6 and 7
  See http://tomcat.apache.org/.

Apache Ant

Apache Ant 1.8.1 or above is required to perform the deployment on JBoss Application Server. This tool is freely available on http://ant.apache.org/.

Natural for Mainframes

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for Mainframes, the following must be installed:

• Natural for Mainframes Version 4.2.3 or above, and

• the Natural Web I/O Interface server.

For detailed information, see:

• the Installation documentation for the different operating systems which is provided for Natural for Mainframes;

• the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for Mainframes.

Natural for UNIX

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for UNIX, the following must be installed:

• Natural for UNIX Version 6.2.5 or above, and

• the Natural Web I/O Interface server (which is implemented as a daemon).

For detailed information, see:

• the Installation documentation which is provided for Natural for UNIX;

• the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for UNIX.

Natural for OpenVMS

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for OpenVMS, the following must be installed:

• Natural for OpenVMS Version 6.3.4 or above, and

• the Natural Web I/O Interface server (which is implemented as a daemon).

For detailed information, see:

• the Installation documentation which is provided for Natural for OpenVMS;

• the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for OpenVMS.

Natural for Windows

If you want to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Natural for Windows, the following must be installed:

• Natural for Windows Version 6.3.3 or above, and

• the Natural Web I/O Interface server (which is implemented as a service).

For detailed information, see:

• the Installation documentation which is provided for Natural for Windows;

• the section Installing and Configuring the Natural Web I/O Interface Server in the version of this Natural Web I/O Interface documentation which is provided for Natural for Windows.

Browser Prerequisites

Supported browsers in this version are:

• Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10

• Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release 10 and 17

  Note:
  Only the Extended Support Releases of Mozilla Firefox are explicitly supported.

• Safari 5.1 on Windows and Mac OS X

• Google Chrome

  Note:
  The Google Chrome support is based on Google Chrome Version 19. Due to frequent version upgrades of Google Chrome, compatibility of the Natural Web I/O Interface client with future versions of Google Chrome cannot be fully guaranteed. Possible incompatibilities will be removed during the regular maintenance process of the Natural Web I/O Interface client.

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