User`s guide

Hardware and Software Requirements

14 Installation and Migration Guide

• 30 MB free disk space for the log files (for approximately 300,000 accesses

per day).

• Netscape Communicator 4.61 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01

or higher

• If you are using Internet Explorer, you need to set your browser to check

for a new version of a page every time you access it. To configure this

setting, from the View menu, choose Internet Options. On the General tab,

in the Temporary Internet Files section, click Settings. Click the radio button

to check for newer versions of stored pages every visit to the page.

• Java, JavaScript, and cookies enabled in your browser.

• If you intend to use hostnames during the iPlanet Web Server installation,

DNS properly configured with an entry for your server in a DNS server.

• A static IP address on your machine.

• A Java Development Kit (JDK) installed on your system if you plan to use

Java Server Pages (JSPs). iPlanet Web Server for Windows NT requires JDK

1.2.2 or higher. For more information, see “Installing a Java Developer’s Kit”

on page 23.

Linux

• 128 MB of RAM is required for iPlanet Web Server.

• 90 MB free disk space for installation. In addition, you will need more space

during the installation for the installer files. After installation, you can delete

the installer files.