Skip to main content

Technical Requirements

webPDF can be used on Windows (with a direct installer) and Linux (as a package for various package managers) operating systems. For all operating systems, webPDF has its own installation routine in each case.

In addition, webPDF can be deployed on container platforms such as Docker or Kubernetes and as a virtual machine such as VMware.

Below you will find the technical requirements for the basic operating systems Windows and Linux to run webPDF:

Windows operating system​

  • OpenJDK 11 (local version included in installation)
  • Supported Windows versions: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 to 2022
  • For testing purposes: Microsoft Windows 10, 11
  • x86 architecture, 64-bit version
  • Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013
  • If using the Office bridge: Microsoft Office Version 2016 or higher (see note on version)
  • Pentium-compatible PC
  • 4 GB RAM (if the number of instances is increased, more is recommended)
  • Approx. 800 MB of free disk space for the installation

Linux operating system​

  • OpenJDK 11 (local version included in installation)
  • Supported Linux distributions: see https://packages.softvision.de/
  • x86 architecture, 64-bit version
  • glibc2 (Version 2.17 or higher - with libc.so.6, libm.so.6, librt.so.1, ld-linux.so.2)
  • libstdc++ (with libstdc++.so.6)
  • libgcc (with libgcc_s.so.1)
  • glibc (with libdl.so.2, libpthread.so.0)
  • zlib (with libz.so.1)
  • Pentium-compatible PC
  • 4 GB RAM (if the number of instances is increased, more is recommended)
  • Approx. 800 MB of free disk space for the installation
caution

The memory (RAM) must be available exclusively to the webPDF server. The memory requirements of the operating system or other applications are not included.

caution

The memory (RAM) specifications refer to normal operation with two instances. This value should be increased for more instances, increased document volumes or larger documents and the parallel use of several web services.

Platform requirements​

Windows​

webPDF is only available for 64-bit Windows. This version can be run on all of the 64-bit Windows operating systems listed above.

Linux​

webPDF is only available for 64-bit Linux. The webPDF version appropriate for the relevant Linux distribution needs to be installed. The recommended Linux Platform is Debian/Ubuntu, although webPDF has been successfully tested on other platforms (e.g., SUSE, openSUSE, Red Hat or CentOS) as well.

caution

The openSUSE/SUSE Enterprise RPM package is different due to the package name. Please make sure to use the correct package during installation.

Processor architecture​

webPDF requires Intel (x86) or AMD (amd64 / x86_64) processor architectures.

Java environment​

webPDF is based on the Java platform and uses OpenJDK 11 provided by Eclipse Temurin, which is installed locally during installation. An existing Java environment is not required.

Apache Tomcat​

The webPDF server is based on an Apache Tomcat server in "embedded mode". Currently Appache Tomcat 10.1 is used.

info

webPDF does not require an existing Tomcat installation and cannot be run on top of an existing Tomcat installation. webPDF is only based on the technical basis of a Tomcat, but has all components tightly integrated.