Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications for Current Releases

CommonSpot Version 10.9.0

Version: 10.9.0.

Date Released: 2022-10-24

CommonSpot 10.9.0

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.16 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 15), 2021 (with minimum update 5)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.16 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.9.160
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2021

SQL Server:
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2019 Standard or Enterprise
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.2 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.3

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot 10.8.2

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.16 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 15), 2021 (with minimum update 5)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.16 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.9.160
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2021

SQL Server:
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2019 Standard or Enterprise
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.2 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.3

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.7.3

Version: 10.7.3.

Date Released: 2022-10-24

CommonSpot 10.7.3

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.16 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 15), 2016 (with minimum update 17)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.16 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.9.160
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.2 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.3

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.6.5

Version: 10.6.5.

Date Released: 2022-10-24 Retired on: 2022-10-24

CommonSpot 10.6.5

IMPORTANT NOTE: CommonSpot 10.6.5 is a convenience release for users who are not ready to upgrade to the latest CommonSpot version. This release contains all patches available for 10.6.4, along with a few other bug fixes.

With the release of CommonSpot 10.9.0, CommonSpot 10.6.x becomes unsupported. Patches for CommonSpot 10.6.5 will only be released to resolve regressions or to address urgent security concerns which come to light after CommonSpot 10.6.5 is released.

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.16 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 15), 2016 (with minimum update 17)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.16 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.9.160
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 and 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.x version. 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.2 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.3

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

Technical Specifications for Previous Releases

CommonSpot Version 10.8.1

Version: 10.8.1.480

Date Released: 2022-02-23

CommonSpot 10.8.1

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.13 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 13), 2021 (with minimum update 3)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.13 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.8.206
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2021

SQL Server:
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2019 Standard or Enterprise
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.1 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.8.0

Version: 10.8.0.447

Date Released: 2021-05-17

CommonSpot 10.8.0

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.2 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 11), 2021 (with minimum update 1)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.9 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.7.47
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2021

SQL Server:
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2019 Standard or Enterprise
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 or later, up to 8.10.0
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2021, 2018 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.7.2

Version: 10.7.2.

Date Released:

CommonSpot 10.7.2

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.13 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 13), 2016 (with minimum update 17)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.13 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.8.206
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.1 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.7.1

Version: 10.7.1.384

Date Released: 2021-05-17

CommonSpot 10.7.1

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.2 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 11), 2016 (with minimum update 17)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.2 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.7
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 or later, up to 8.10.0
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.7.0

Version: 10.7.0.318

Date Released: 2020-11-23

CommonSpot 10.7.0

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.2 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with update 7), 2016 (with update 13+)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.2 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.3.62 (released September 9, 2019)
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor version 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Full Apache Solr 6.6 or later
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.6.4

Version: 10.6.4.

Date Released:

CommonSpot 10.6.4

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or later
  - CentOS 6 or later
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.13 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 13), 2016 (with minimum update 17)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.13 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.9.160
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 and 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.x version. 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 minimum, 8.11.1 is recommended. Solr 9.0.0 is not supported with this CommonSpot release.
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.6.3

Version: 10.6.3.268

Date Released: 2021-05-17

CommonSpot 10.6.3

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.2 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with minimum update 11), 2016 (with minimum update 17)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.2 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.7
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 and 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.x version. 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Apache Solr 8.5.0 or later, up to 8.10.0
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.6.2

Version: 10.6.2.201

Date Released: 2020-11-23

CommonSpot 10.6.2

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.2 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with update 7), 2016 (with update 13+)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.2 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.3.62 (released September 9, 2019)
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.x version. 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Full Apache Solr 6.6 or later
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6.

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.6.1

Version: 10.6.1.142

Date Released: 2020-03-13 Retired on: 2020-11-23

CommonSpot 10.6.1

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11 (update 11.0.2 or later) required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with update 7), 2016 (with update 13+)
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.2 or later provided by Adobe
Lucee 5.3.3.62 (released September 9, 2019)
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' administrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Latest Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 10 (macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.x version. 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Full Apache Solr 6.6 or later
Native Search provided by Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.5.

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.6.0

Version: 10.6.0.30

Date Released: 2019-10-04 Retired on: 2020-03-13

CommonSpot 10.6.0

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Lucee 5.3.x
  - Windows Server 2019
  - Windows Server 2016
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee 5.3.x
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 18.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Java 11.0.2 or later required. Java 8, 9, 10 and 12 are not supported.
Adobe ColdFusion 2018 (with update 6), 2016 (with update 13)
- ColdFusion 2018 update 5 and 2016 update 12 versions are not supported due to problems with those updates. Adobe has since corrected the problems in updates 6 and 13.
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- Java 11.0.2 or later provided by Adobe
- ColdFusion 11 is now desupported. Core support from Adobe ended April 2019
Lucee 5.3.x (Minimum 5.3.2.77)
- OpenJDK 11, we recommend using AdoptOpenJDK (which is included with current Lucee installer)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin Support for important relevant information.)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2018

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2018 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 SP3 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (8.0.x)

Supported Databases for Lucee 5.3.x

SQL Server:
- 2017 Standard or Enterprise
- 2016 SP2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- 19c or 18c
- 12c Release 2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
MySQL:
- 8.0 with the InnoDB storage engine
- 5.7 with the InnoDB storage engine
- MySQL driver can be installed from the Lucee 'Server' adminstrator - used the 'Applications' link in the 'Extension' section, select the latest 8.0.x version

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and latest Edge (Windows)
Safari 10 (macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.x version. 5.x not supported.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Full Apache Solr 6.1 or 8.2
Native Adobe ColdFusion 2018, 2016 and Lucee 5.3.x is no longer supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.4.

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.5.3

Version: 10.5.3.341

Date Released: 2020-11-23

CommonSpot 10.5.3

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 (with update 13+) or 11 (with update 15+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
No Adobe ColdFusion 2018 support
Lucee 5.3.3.62 (release date September 9, 2019)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin
Support for important, relevant information.)

Java:
- Java 8 (update 202 or later) for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise SP3
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.8, 5.7 , 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- We support the latest 5.1.x/5.1.40 version of the MySQL driver. Later versions are not supported.
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (5.1.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the Oracle provided database driver.
MySQL:
- 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-box Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver extension

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the out-of-box Oracle 12c JDBC driver (version 12.x) extension

MySQL:
- 5.7, 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Use the out-of-box MySQL jdbc driver (version 5.1.40) extension

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Latest Microsoft Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 11 or later (macOS/OS X)

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.7.2 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Full Apache Solr 5.4.0 or 6.6 (preferred).
Solr 7.x and later are NOT supported with this CommonSpot release.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.6

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.5.2

Version: 10.5.2.277

Date Released: 2020-03-13 Retired on: 2020-11-23

Specifications subject to Change

CommonSpot 10.5.2

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 (with update 13+) or 11 (with update 15+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
No Adobe ColdFusion 2018 support
Lucee 5.3.3.62 (release date September 9, 2019)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin
Support for important, relevant information.)

Java:
- Java 8 (update 202 or later) for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise SP3
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.8, 5.7 , 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- We support the latest 5.1.x/5.1.40 version of the MySQL driver. Later versions are not supported.
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (5.1.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the Oracle provided database driver.
MySQL:
- 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Lucee

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-box Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver extension

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the out-of-box Oracle 12c JDBC driver (version 12.x) extension

MySQL:
- 5.7, 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Use the out-of-box MySQL jdbc driver (version 5.1.40) extension

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Latest Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and latest Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 10 (macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.7.2 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Native Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee
Full Apache Solr 5.4.0 or 6.6 (preferred).
Solr 7.x and later not are supported with this CommonSpot release.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.5

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.5.1

Version: 10.5.1.160

Date Released: 2019-02-07 Retired on: 2020-03-13

CommonSpot 10.5.1

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee 5.2.9
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee 5.2.9

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 (with update 7+) or 11 (with update 15+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
No Adobe ColdFusion 2018 support
Lucee 5.2.9.31 (release date September 17, 2018)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin
Support for important, relevant information.)

Java:
- Java 8 (update 202 or later) for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee
- Java 9, 10 and 11 are not supported

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise SP3
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.7 , 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- We support the latest 5.1.x/5.1.40 version of the MySQL driver. Later versions are not supported.
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Manually download MySQL JDBC driver (5.1.x)

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the Oracle provided database driver.
MySQL:
- 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Lucee 5.2.9

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-box Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver extension

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the out-of-box Oracle 12c JDBC driver (version 12.x) extension

MySQL:
- 5.7, 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Use the out-of-box MySQL jdbc driver (version 5.1.40) extension

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and latest Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome latest version (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 10 (macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.7.2 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Native Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee 5.2
Full Apache Solr 5.4.0 or later. 6.6 preferred.
Solr 7.x or later is not supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.3.1. (ADF 2.1 does not fully support the Widget Gallery functionality.)

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.5.0

Version: 10.5.0.325

Date Released: 2017-12-29 Retired on: 2019-02-08

CommonSpot 10.5.0

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 or more GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 or more GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 11
- - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee 5.2.2
  - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee 5.2.2
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7
  - CentOS 6/7
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS
  - Amazon Linux

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 (with update 5+) or 11 (with update 13+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Only supported with Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
Lucee 5.2.5 (requires HF 10.5.0.01c installed prior to running installation or upgrade)

(If you run multiple root level sites, please call PaperThin
Support for important, relevant information.)

Java:
- Java 8 (update 144 or later) for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee
- Java 9 is not supported until Adobe and Lucee announce support for it. Neither CF nor Lucee run properly on Java 9 as of this writing.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise SP3
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the Oracle provided database driver.
MySQL:
- 5.7 , 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver if you are using Oracle 12 pluggable databases; otherwise, use the Oracle provided database driver.
MySQL:
- 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Adobe ColdFusion 10 is not supported with Commonspot 10.5.0

Supported Databases for Lucee 5.2.2

SQL Server:
- 2016 Standard or Enterprise
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-box Microsoft SQL Server jdbc driver extension

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the out-of-box Oracle 12c jdbc driver (version 12.x) extension

MySQL:
- 5.7, 5.6.37 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Use the out-of-box MySQL jdbc driver (version 5.1.x) extension

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions 52 and later (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome versions 60 and later (Windows, Linux, macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 10 (macOS/OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.7.2 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Native Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11 and Lucee 5.2
Full Apache Solr 5.4.0 or later. 6.6 preferred.
Solr 7.x or later is not supported.

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.3.1. (ADF 2.1 does not fully support the Widget Gallery functionality.)

Minimum Screen Resolution

1280 x 800

CommonSpot Version 10.0.2

Version: 10.0.2.78

Date Released: 2016-11-02 Retired on: 2020-11-23

Build 10.0.2.78 - Released Nov 2, 2016
Build 10.0.1.184 - Released July 29, 2016 - Retired Nov 2, 2016
Build 10.0.0.357 - Released Feb 29, 2016 - Retired July 29, 2016

CommonSpot 10.0.2

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.3
- - Windows Server 2016
  - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.3
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.7
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 (with update 3+), 11 (with update 10+) or Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 21+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
Lucee 4.5.3 (only - not later)

Since Lucee does not have a readily available download page to 4.5.3, as a convenience please use this one:

http://cdn.lucee.org/downloader.cfm/id/168/file/lucee-4.5.3.020-pl0-windows-installer.exe

Java:
- Java 8 (update 102 or later) for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
- Adobe does not support Oracle 12c with ColdFusion 10

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Lucee 4.5.3

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: Download the newest Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.2 for SQL Server (sqljdbc42.jar) driver from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11774 then remove the Lucee out-of-box microsoft-sqljdbc.jar.

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver. The old jar file (ojdbc14.jar) must be deleted.

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ then remove the Lucee out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Latest Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions 45 and later (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome versions 51 and later (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 9 (OS X) or Safari 10 (OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.4.9 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Native Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.3
Apache SOLR 6.0.1

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.0.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 10.0.1

Version: 10.0.1.184

Date Released: 2016-07-29 Retired on: 2016-11-02

Build 10.0.1.184 - Released July 29, 2016 - Retired Nov 02, 2016
Build 10.0.0.357 - Released Feb 29, 2016 - Retired July 29, 2016

CommonSpot 10.0.1

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Lucee may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.2
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.2
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.7
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required.
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 (with update 3+), 11 (with update 10+) or Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 21+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
Lucee 4.5.3 (only - do not upgrade Lucee)
Java:
- The latest Java 8 release for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee
- As of September 30, 2016 we require at least Java 1.8.0_102

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 2016

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 11g and 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
- Adobe does not support Oracle 12c with ColdFusion 10

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- ColdFusion 2016 does not ship with the MySQL driver. Download and install it per instructions on the MySQL website.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
- Adobe does not support Oracle 12c with ColdFusion 10

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Lucee 4.5.3

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: Download the newest Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.2 for SQL Server (sqljdbc42.jar) driver from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/aa937724.aspx to replace the Lucee out-of-box microsoft-sqljdbc.jar

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver. The old jar file must be deleted if upgrading (ojdbc14.jar)

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Lucee out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions 45 and later (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome versions 51 and later (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 9 (OS X) or Safari 10 (OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.4.9 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Native Adobe ColdFusion 2016, 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.2
Apache SOLR 6.0.1

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.0.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 10.0.0

Version: 10.0.0.357

Date Released: 2016-02-29 Retired on: 2016-07-29

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.2
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.2
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.7
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 7+) or Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 18+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
Adobe ColdFusion 2016 is not supported.
Lucee 4.5.2 (Railo is no longer supported)
Java:
- The latest Java 8 release for Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee
- Java 7 is no longer supported by Oracle as of April 2015

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
Oracle:
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- Use the CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver
- Adobe does not support Oracle 12c with ColdFusion 10

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Lucee 4.5.2

SQL Server:
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: Download the newest Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.2 for SQL Server (sqljdbc42.jar) driver from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/aa937724.aspx to replace the Lucee out-of-box microsoft-sqljdbc.jar

Oracle:
- 12c
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- CommonSpot provided 'thin' JDBC driver. The old jar file must be deleted if upgrading (ojdbc14.jar)

MySQL:
- 5.6.23 with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Lucee out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Edge (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions 38 and later (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome versions 48 and later (Windows, Linux, OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 9 (OS X)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

Rich Text Editor

CKEditor Version 4.4.7 or Later.
Go to http://cdn.ckeditor.com to determine the latest version and how to format your URL to the CDN in Server Administration > Rich Text Editor Settings > Directories

Search Engine

Native Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Lucee 4.5.2
Apache SOLR 5.4

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 2.0.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 9.0.5

Version: 9.0.5.83

Date Released: 2016-11-02 Retired on: 2019-10-03

Build 9.0.5.83- Released - Nov 2, 2016 - Retired Oct 3, 2019
Build 9.0.4.207 - Released - Aug 8, 2016 - Retired Nov 2, 2016
Build 9.0.3.119 - Released Aug 14, 2015 - Retired Aug 8, 2016
Build 9.0.2.94 - Released May 13, 2015 - Retired Aug 14, 2015
Build 9.0.1.175 - Released Oct 11, 2014 - Retired May 13, 2015
Build 9.0.0.441- Released Apr 12, 2014 - Retired Oct 11, 2014

Important Notice: As of November 29, 2017 we will only make ColdFusion based patches for 9.0.5.

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required)
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.6
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 10+) with Java 8 only
Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 21+) with Java 8 only
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- See Article about new location of class path information
Railo not supported as of November 29, 2017
Java 8 (u102 min) required for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the CommonSpot include thin client driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Railo 4.2.1

SQL Server
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: use jTDS driver
Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver.
  - Download the driver from Oracle - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

MySQL Notes

See KB Article: Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 42 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 6, 7 (Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 9.0.4

Version: 9.0.4.207

Date Released: 2016-08-08 Retired on: 2016-11-02

Build 9.0.4.207 - Release Aug 8, 2016 - Retired Nov 02, 2016
Build 9.0.3.119 - Released Aug 14, 2015 - Retired Aug 8, 2016
Build 9.0.2.94 - Released May 13, 2015 - Retired Aug 14, 2015
Build 9.0.1.175 - Released Oct 11, 2014 - Retired May 13, 2015
Build 9.0.0.441- Released Apr 12, 2014 - Retired Oct 11, 2014

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required)
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.6
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

Must read regarding Adobe ColdFusion

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 5+) with Java 1.8 only
Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 16+) with Java 1.7 or 1.8
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- See Article about new location of class path information
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 is no longer supported with CommonSpot 9.0.4
Railo 4.2.1
Java
- Java 8 (u31 min) recommended for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo
- Java 7 (u71 min) is no longer supported by Oracle as of April 2015

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the CommonSpot include thin client driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Railo 4.2.1

SQL Server
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: use jTDS driver
Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver.
  - Download the driver from Oracle - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

MySQL Notes

See KB Article: Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 42 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 6, 7 (Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 9.0.3

Version: 9.0.3.119

Date Released: 2015-08-14 Retired on: 2016-08-08

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required)
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.6
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

Must read regarding Adobe ColdFusion

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 5+) with Java 1.8 only
Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 16+) with Java 1.7 or 1.8
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- See Article about new location of class path information
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 (with update 1) and Java 1.7 or 1.8
- Not officially supported due to potential security risks because there are no more updates for Java 1.7, but a viable environment for CommonSpot.
Railo 4.2.1
Java
- Java 8 (u31 min) recommended for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo
- Java 7 (u71 min) is no longer supported by Oracle as of April 2015

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 11

SQL Server
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 12c
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the CommonSpot include thin client driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Railo 4.2.1

SQL Server
- 2014 Standard or Enterprise
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: use jTDS driver
Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver.
  - Download the driver from Oracle - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

MySQL Notes

See KB Article: Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 42 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 6, 7 (Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 9.0.2

Version: 9.0.2.94

Date Released: 2015-05-13 Retired on: 2015-08-14

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required)
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux
- Adobe ColdFusion 11, 10 and Railo 4.2.1
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.6
  - Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements

Must read regarding Adobe ColdFusion

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 5+) or Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 16+)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- See Article about new location of class path information
ColdFusion 9.x not support by Adobe on Java 1.8. For security reasons Java 1.8 is required, therefor we do not officially support ColdFusion 9, though CommonSpot 8.x and 9.x will run on ColdFusion 9.0.2 and Java 1.7.
Railo 4.2.1
Java
- Java 8 recommended for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo
- Java 7 is no longer supported by Oracle as of April 2015

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10, 11

SQL Server
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Supported Databases for Railo 4.2.1

SQL Server
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: use jTDS driver
Oracle
- 11g
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver.
  - Download the driver from Oracle - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
MySQL
- 5.6
- InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

MySQL Notes

See KB Article: Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 42 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 6, 7 (Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 9.0.1

Version: 9.0.1.175

Date Released: 2014-10-10 Retired on: 2015-05-13

If using the ADF, ColdFusion 11 Requires ADF 1.8.1 (1.8.0 with patch)
See details on the Community Site

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux and Solaris
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe CF 11 and 10
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Adobe CF 9.0.2
- - Windows Server 2003 R2
- Railo 4.1.2
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe CF 11, 10 & 9.0.2 and Railo 4.1.2
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.4
  - Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only
- Adobe CF 11, 10 & 9.0.2

ColdFusion Requirements

Must read regarding Adobe ColdFusion

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 1) or ColdFusion 10 (with update 12 or 13)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Solr Search Engine Only
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- - Adobe no longer supports JRUN
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC drive for all databases
- See Article about new location of class path information
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 (with HF 1 minimum)
- Solr Search Engine Only (see KB Article re: memory)
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases

Railo 4.1.2.005
- 4.1.2 may be found here: http://www.getrailo.org/index.cfm/download/olderversions/
Java:
- Oracle JDK 1.7.0_(latest) for all ColdFusion engines. (Java 7)
- JDK 1.6.x is no longer supported by Adobe or Oracle

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10 or 11

SQL Server:
- Supported Versions:
- - 2012 R2 Standard or Enterprise
  - 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- Supported Versions:
- - Oracle 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended)
  - 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
- Not Supported: Oracle 12c -Not yet supported by Adobe-
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases|
MySQL:
- Supported Versions
- - 5.6 with the InnoDB storage engine
  - 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2

SQL Server:
- Supported Versions:
- - 2008
  - 2008 R2
Oracle:
- Supported Versions:
- - 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended)
  - 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
  - Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Not Supported: Oracle 12c - Not yet supported by Adobe
MySQL:
- Supported Versions:
- - 5.6 with the InnoDB storage engine
  - 5.5 or later not supported

Supported Database for Railo 4.1.2.005

MySQL version 5.5 or 5.6
- configure use of the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Oracle 11gR2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8')
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBS driver.
- - Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
- Not Supported: Oracle 12c

SQL Server 2012 R2, 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise, with jTDS driver

MySQL Notes

See KB Article: Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 9 and 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions 24 and 31 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Knowledgebase Article.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 37 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation at Chrome RTE Limitation
Safari 6, 7 (Mac only) Limited Copy, Cut, Paste

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.0
ADF Version 1.8.1 required for ColdFusion 11

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 9.0.0

Version: 9.0.0.441

Date Released: 2014-04-12 Retired on: 2014-04-11

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 32 GB recommended for Linux and Solaris
- 4 GB minimum, 8 to 32 GB recommended for Windows
Recommend assigning 2 GB less than the server allocation to ColdFusion for all operating systems
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended as a start

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

64 bit OS required for all platforms
Microsoft Windows (latest service pack is required).
- Adobe CF 11 and 10
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
- Adobe CF 9.0.2
- - Windows Server 2003 R2
- Railo 4.1.2
- - Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux:
- Adobe CF 11, 10 & 9.0.2 and Railo 4.1.2
- - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  - CentOS 6.4
  - Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only
- Adobe CF 11, 10 & 9.0.2

ColdFusion Requirements

Must Read regarding Adobe ColdFusion

64 bit versions required. All 32 bit versions are unsupported.
Adobe ColdFusion 11 (with update 1) or ColdFusion 10 (with update 12 or 13)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Solr Search Engine Only
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- - Adobe no longer supports JRUN
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC drive for all databases
- See Article about new location of class path information
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 (with HF 1 minimum)
- Solr Search Engine Only (see KB Article re: memory)
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases

Railo 4.1.2.005
- 4.1.2 may be found here: http://www.getrailo.org/index.cfm/download/olderversions/
Java:
- Oracle JDK 1.7.0_(latest) for all ColdFusion engines. (Java 7)
- JDK 1.6.x is no longer supported by Adobe or Oracle

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 10 or 11

SQL Server:
- Supported Versions:
- - 2012 R2 Standard or Enterprise
  - 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
Oracle:
- Supported Versions:
- - Oracle 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended)
  - 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
- Not Supported: Oracle 12c -Not yet supported by Adobe-
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
MySQL:
- Supported Versions
- - 5.6 with the InnoDB storage engine
  - 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine

Supported Databases for Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2

SQL Server:
- Supported Versions:
- - 2008
  - 2008 R2
Oracle:
- Supported Versions:
- - 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended)
- 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
- Not Supported: Oracle 12c - Not yet supported by Adobe
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
MySQL:
- Supported Versions:
- - 5.6 with the InnoDB storage engine
  - 5.5 or later not supported

Supported Database for Railo 4.1.2.005

MySQL version 5.5 or 5.6
- configure use of the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Oracle 11gR2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8')
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBS driver.
- - Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
- Not Supported: Oracle 12c

SQL Server 2012 R2, 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise, with jTDS driver

MySQL Notes

See KB Article: Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 9 and 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions 24 and 31 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- ESR 17 and later has security enhancements that limits Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- Latest ESR release can be downloaded at: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 37 (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste
Safari 6, 7 (Mac)
- Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 8.0.5

Version: 8.0.5.434

Date Released: 2016-11-02 Retired on: 2017-12-04

Build 8.0.5.434 - Released Nov 02, 2016 - Desupported Nov 29, 2017
Build 8.0.4.221 - Released May 13, 2015 - Desupported Nov 01, 2016
Build 8.0.3.164 - Released Apr 11, 2014 - Desupported May 13, 2015
Build 8.0.2.221 - Released Apr 04, 2013 - Desupported April 10, 2014
Build 8.0.1.213 - Released Mar 15, 2013 - Desupported April 16, 2013
Build 8.0.0.106 - Released Sep 21, 2012 - Desupported March 15, 2013

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz (or higher) Quad core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems - 64 bit required

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- CentOS 6.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements - 64 bit required

Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 21)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- See Article about new location of class path information in CF 10.

Adobe ColdFusion 9.x (any version) is no longer supported
Railo 4.2.1
Java 8 only
- Java 8 (update 102 or later) required for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 11g R2
- 10g R2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL:
- 5.6
- 5.5
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Database - Railo 4.2.1

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: jTDS driver

Oracle:
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle jdbc driver.
  - Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
MySQL:
- 5.6
- 5.5
- InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Database - MySQL

Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac) as they are released will be patched if necessary as quickly as possible. Firefox 17 and later ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 42 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation) (Chrome RTE Limitation)
Safari 6, 7 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 8.0.4

Version: 8.0.4.305

Date Released: 2015-05-13 Retired on: 2016-11-02

Build 8.0.4.305 - Released May 13, 2015 - Retired Nov 02, 2016
Build 8.0.3.164 - Released Apr 11, 2014 - Retired May 13, 2015
Build 8.0.2.221 - Released Apr 04, 2013 - Retired April 11, 2014
Build 8.0.1.213 - Released Mar 15, 2013 - Retired April 16, 2013
Build 8.0.0.106 - Released Sep 21, 2012 - Retired March 15, 2013

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Railo may run with less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz (or higher) Quad core processor recommended

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems - 64 bit required

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- CentOS 6.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS

ColdFusion Requirements - 64 bit required

Special Note: If considering Adobe ColdFusion 10 this is must read.

Adobe ColdFusion 10 (with update 16+) with Java 1.7 or 1.8
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion
- See Article about new location of class path information in CF 10.

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 (with update 1) and Java 1.7 or 1.8
For security reasons Java 1.7 should no longer be used, but ColdFusion 9.0.2 or 10.0 with Java 1.7 will run.
Railo 4.2.1

Java
- Java 8 for Adobe ColdFusion and Railo
- Java 7 is no longer supported by Oracle as of April 2015

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver

Oracle:
- 11g R2
- 10g R2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended
- Use the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver
- Adobe ColdFusion Enterprise edition is required

MySQL:
- 5.6
- 5.5
- InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.

Database - Railo 4.2.1

SQL Server:
- 2012 Standard or Enterprise
- 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
- JDBC driver: jTDS driver

Oracle:
- 11gR2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle jdbc driver.
  - Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
  - Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
MySQL:
- 5.6
- 5.5
- InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Database - MySQL

Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac) as they are released will be patched if necessary as quickly as possible. Firefox 17 and later ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 42 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation) (Chrome RTE Limitation)
Safari 6, 7 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.8.1

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 8.0.3

Version: 8.0.3.164

Date Released: 2014-04-11 Retired on: 2015-05-13

Build 8.0.2.221 - Released Apr 04, 2013 - Desupported April 11, 2014
Build 8.0.1.213 - Released Mar 15, 2013 - Desupported April 16, 2013
Build 8.0.0.106 - Released Sep 21, 2012 - Desupported March 15, 2013

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux and Solaris
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows
Recommend assigning 2 GB less than the server allocation to ColdFusion for all operating systems
Railo requires less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion for equal performance

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz (or higher) Quad core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor
- only the 64 bit Adobe ColdFusion version is supported

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems - 64 bit required

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- CentOS 6.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only

ColdFusion Requirements - 64 bit required

Special Note: If considering Adobe ColdFusion 10 this is must read.

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 with HF 1
- Solr Search Engine Only (see KB Article re: memory)
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases

Adobe ColdFusion 10 with latest update (minimum 12)
- Do NOT enable Secure Profile
- Solr Search Engine Only
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion 10
- Adobe no longer supports JRUN in Coldfusion 10
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases
- See Article about new location of class path information in CF 10.

Railo 4.1.2.005
Oracle JDK 1.7.0_(latest update) for all ColdFusion engines.
JDK 1.6.x is no longer supported by Adobe or Oracle

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 10

SQL Server 2012, 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise
MySQL version 5.5, 5.6 with InnoDB storage engine
Oracle 12c is not yet supported by Adobe
Includes DB versions supported by ColdFusion 9.0.2 below

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 with HF 1

SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2
Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
Oracle 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting 'AL32UTF8' recommended)
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
MySQL version 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine (5.6 or later not supported)
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 4.1.2.005

MySQL version 5.5, 5.6 with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Oracle 11gR2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8')
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle jdbc driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
- Downlaod both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
SQL Server 2012, 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise, with jTDS driver

Database - MySQL

Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac) as they are released will be patched if necessary as quickly as possible. Firefox 17 and later ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 31 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)
Safari 6, 7 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste)

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.6.2

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 8.0.2

Version: 8.0.2.221

Date Released: 2013-04-16 Retired on: 2014-04-11

Build 8.0.1.213 - Released Mar 15, 2013 - Desupported April 16, 2013
Build 8.0.0.106 - Released Sep 21, 2012 - Desupported March 15, 2013

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux and Solaris
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows with minimum 4 GB allocated to ColdFusion
Recommend assigning 2 GB less than the server allocation to ColdFusion for all operating systems
Railo requires less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum for a 500 page site, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Processor: 64-bit 2 GHz (or higher) Quad core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems - 64 bit required

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- CentOS 5.8/6.2
- Ubuntu 10.04.4 Server LTS
- 64 bit OS recommended
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only

ColdFusion Requirements - 64 bit required

Special Note: If considering Adobe ColdFusion 10 this is must read.

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2
- Solr Search Engine Only
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases

Adobe ColdFusion 10 with update 9 or later
- When installing CF disable Secure Profile (on by default)
- Solr Search Engine Only
- ColdFusion 10.0.9 (update 9)
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion 10
- Adobe no longer supports JRUN in Coldfusion 10
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases
- See Article about new location of class path information in CF 10.

Railo 3.3.4.003 - Standalone and Shared Database Only, Replication not Supported **
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_33 or later for all ColdFusion engines.
Oracle JDK 1.7.0_15 or later for all ColdFusion engines.

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.02 and 10

SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 with jTDS driver
Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
Oracle 11g R1
Oracle 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8' required)
Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
MySQL version 5.1 with the InnoDB storage engine
MySQL version 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 3.3.4.003

MySQL version 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Oracle 11gR2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8')
- Jdbc driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle jdbc driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
- Downlaod both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 with jTDS driver

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 8 and 9 and 10 (Windows)
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac) as they are released will be patched if necessary as quickly as possible. Firefox 17 and later ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome 24 and 25 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)
Safari 5 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

ADF Minimum Version 1.6.1

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

** Replication on Railo may be offered in future versions of CommonSpot

CommonSpot Version 8.0.0

Version: 8.0.0.106

Date Released: 2012-09-21 Retired on: 2013-03-15

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers:
- 2 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended for Linux and Solaris
- 4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended for Windows with minimum 2 GB allocated to ColdFusion
Recommend assigning 2 GB less than the server allocation to ColdFusion
Railo requires less RAM than Adobe ColdFusion

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 64-bit 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows (64 bit only)
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- CentOS 5.8/6.2
- Ubuntu 10.04.4 Server LTS
- 64 bit OS recommended
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only

ColdFusion Requirements

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2
- 64 bit ColdFusion only
- Solr Search Engine Only
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases

Adobe ColdFusion 10
- 64 bit ColdFusion only
- Solr Search Engine Only
- ColdFusion 10.0.1 (update 1)
- Tomcat Application Server shipped with Adobe ColdFusion 10
- Only the out-of-the-box 'datadirect' JDBC driver is supported for all databases
- See Article about new location of class path information in CF 10.

Railo 3.3.4.003
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_33 or later for all ColdFusion engines.
Oracle JDK 1.7.0_15 or later for all ColdFusion engines.

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.02 and 10

SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2
Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1 and above) R2
Oracle 11g R1
Oracle 11g R2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8' required)
Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
MySQL version 5.1 with the InnoDB storage engine
MySQL version 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 3.3.4.003

MySQL version 5.5 with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar

Oracle 11gR2 (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8')
- Jdbc driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle jdbc driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later)
- Downlaod both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 with jTDS driver

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 8 and 9 (Windows)
Firefox 10 ESR version (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome 21 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)
Safari 5 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Version 1.6

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 7.0.3

Version: 7.0.3.

Date Released:

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers: 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

It is recommended to run CommonSpot 7.0.2 on a 64 bit OS with 4GB of ram allocated to JRUN if running Windows. Sites may not run well or may fail the upgrade on 32 bit systems.

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- 64 bit Windows recommended
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- CentOS 6.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS
- 64 bit OS recommended
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only
- only the 64 bit Adobe ColdFusion is supported

ColdFusion Requirements

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 with HF 4
- JDK 1.7
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 with HF 1, only if you do not use Verity. Verity Not included with 9.0.2
- JDK 1.7
- Note: Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 9.0.0, and 10 are NOT supported.
Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
Search on Solr is NOT supported.
Railo 4.1.2.005

Java

Adobe supports the JDK 1.7 for ColdFusion 9 and 10 only
JDK 1.7 is no longer supported by Adobe and Oracle April 2015
JDK 1.6.x is no longer supported by Adobe or Oracle

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 8.x is not support with this Service Pack

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1/9.0.2

Microsoft SQL Server
- 2008, 2008 R2
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
Oracle
- 10g R2, 11g R2
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
MySQL
- Versions 5.5 (5.6 or later not supported)
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 4.1.2.005

MySQL 5.5, 5.6
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar
Oracle 11g R2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later). Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012
- JDBC driver: jTDS driver

Database - MySQL

Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 on Windows
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac) as they are released will be patched if necessary as quickly as possible. Firefox 17 and later ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 31 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation) (Chrome RTE Limitation)
Safari 6, 7 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

ADF Minimum Version 1.6.2

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 7.0.2

Version: 7.0.2.143

Date Released: 2014-04-11 Retired on: 2016-02-29

Servers running 7.0.2 should follow the hardware requirements for 8.0.3.

As of April 2015, Oracle stopped support for Java 7. As such PaperThin recommends upgrading to Java 8 and CommonSpot 9.0.2.

Additionally, PaperThin will no longer be releasing any hot-fixes for Commonspot 7.0.2 under Railo.

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers: 4 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

It is recommended to run CommonSpot 7.0.2 on a 64 bit OS with 4GB of ram allocated to JRUN if running Windows. Sites may not run well or may fail the upgrade on 32 bit systems.

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- 64 bit Windows recommended
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- CentOS 6.4
- Ubuntu 12.04 Server LTS
- 64 bit OS recommended
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only
- only the 64 bit Adobe ColdFusion is supported

ColdFusion Requirements

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 with HF 4
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 with HF 1, only if you do not use Verity. Verity Not included with 9.0.2
- Note: Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 9.0.0, and 10 are NOT supported.
Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
Search on Solr is NOT supported.
Railo 4.1.2.005
Adobe supported the JDK 1.7 for ColdFusion 9 and 10 only at time of initial release. JDK 1.7 is no longer supported by Oracle. You may run on JDK 1.7 with limited PaperThin support of CommonSpot 7.0.2, but prefer that you upgrade to a later 8.0.4 or 9.0.2 or later.

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 8.x is not support with this Service Pack

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1/9.0.2

Microsoft SQL Server
- 2008, 2008 R2
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
Oracle
- 10g R2, 11g R2
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
MySQL
- Versions 5.5 (5.6 or later not supported)
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 4.1.2.005

MySQL 5.5, 5.6
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar
Oracle 11g R2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later). Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012
- JDBC driver: jTDS driver

Database - MySQL

Required MySQL installation instructions

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 9, 10 and 11 on Windows
Firefox ESR versions (Windows, Linux, Mac) as they are released will be patched if necessary as quickly as possible. Firefox 17 and later ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome minimum version 31 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)
Safari 6, 7 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

CommonSpot Appication Development Framework

ADF v1.6.2

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 7.0.1

Version: 7.0.1.62

Date Released: 2013-04-05 Retired on: 2014-04-12

The 7.0.1 specs are the same as the 7.0.0 specs with the exception of additional browser support.

We currently recommend that servers running 7.0.1 follow the minimum hardware requirements for 8.0.2.

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers
- 2 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

It is recommended to run Winter 2012 on a 64 bit OS with 4GB of ram allocated to JRUN if running Windows. Sites may not run well or may fail the upgrade on 32 bit systems.

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2:
- - only Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and Railo 3.3.2 are supported.
- Windows Server 2008,2003 R2,2003
- 64 bit Windows recommended
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- CentOS 5.8/6.2
- Ubuntu 10.04.4 Server LTS
- 64 bit OS recommended
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only
- only the 64 bit Adobe ColdFusion is supported

ColdFusion Requirements

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 with HF 1 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html)
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 only if you do not use Verity. Not included with 9.0.2
- Requires CommonSpot patch 7.0.0.34
Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.1 with HF 4 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/529/cpsid_52915.html)
- Note: Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.0, 9.0.0, and 10 are NOT supported.
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Search on Solr is NOT supported.
Railo 3.3.2 - Standalone and Shared Database Only. Replication not supported
- Note: Railo 3.3.1 is NOT supported.
- Tomcat Application Server (version 7 recommended) only
Both CF engines require Sun JDK 1.6.0_24 for ColdFusion 8.0.1 and 9.0.1 and 9.0.2
JDK 1.6.9_29 is not supported
Adobe supports the JDK 1.7 for ColdFusion 9 and 10 only

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.1

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
Oracle 10g R2
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
MySQL 5.1
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (3)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1/9.0.2

Microsoft SQL Server
- 2005, 2008, 2008 R2
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
Oracle
- 10g R2, 11g R1, 11g R2
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
MySQL version
- 5.1, 5.5
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 3.3.2

MySQL 5.5
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar
Oracle 11g R2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later). Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
- JDBC driver: jTDS driver

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot 7.0.1 supports these browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 8 and 9, IE 10 on Windows 7 ONLY (Windows 8 is not supported)
Firefox 10 ESR and Firefox 17 ESR version (Windows, Linux, Mac) 17 ESR has security enhancements that limit Cut, Copy and Paste options - see Documentation.
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Chrome 24 and 25 (Windows, Linux, Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)
Safari 5 (Mac) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

CommonSpot Application Development Framework

ADF Minimum Version 1.6.1 (Read the ADF 1.6 Upgrade Guide)

Minimum Screen Resolution

1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 7.0.0

Version: 7.0.0.202

Date Released: 2012-04-01 Retired on: 2013-04-05

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers: 2 GB minimum, 4 to 8 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

2 GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux
- Processor: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum
- Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris
- SPARC processor

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

It is recommended to run Winter 2012 on a 64 bit OS with 4GB of ram allocated to JRUN if running Windows. Sites may not run well or may fail the upgrade on 32 bit systems.

Microsoft Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2:
- - only Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and Railo 3.3.2 are supported.
- Windows Server 2008,2003 R2,2003
- 64 bit Windows recommended
- The latest service pack is required.
Linux:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- CentOS 5.8/6.2
- Ubuntu 10.04.4 Server LTS
- 64 bit OS recommended
Solaris 10: running on SPARC processor only
- only the 64 bit Adobe ColdFusion is supported

ColdFusion Requirements

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 with HF 1 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html)
Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.2 only if you do not use Verity. Not included with 9.0.2
- Requires CommonSpot patch 7.0.0.34
Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.1 with HF 4 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/529/cpsid_52915.html)
- Note: Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.0, 9.0.0, and 10 are NOT supported.
- Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
- Search on Solr is NOT supported.
Railo 3.3.2
- Note: Railo 3.3.1 is NOT supported.
- Tomcat Application Server (version 7 recommended) only
Both CF engines require Sun JDK 1.6.0_24 for ColdFusion 8.0.1 and 9.0.1 and 9.0.2
JDK 1.6.9_29 is not supported
Adobe supports the JDK 1.7 for ColdFusion 9 and 10 only

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.1

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
Oracle 10g R2
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
MySQL 5.1
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (3)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1/9.0.2

Microsoft SQL Server
- 2005, 2008, 2008 R2
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
Oracle
- 10g R2, 11g R1, 11g R2
- Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
- Only the out-of-the-box DataDirect JDBC driver is supported
MySQL version
- 5.1, 5.5
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- Data Source driver type 'MySQL (DataDirect)' is NOT supported. Use 'MySQL (4/5)' instead.
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Database - Railo 3.3.2

MySQL 5.5
- with the InnoDB storage engine
- JDBC driver: Download the newest driver from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ to replace the Railo out-of-box mysql-connector-java-bin.jar
Oracle 11g R2
- NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8'
- JDBC driver: Railo did NOT ship the Oracle JDBC driver. Download the driver from Oracle- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html (the link could change later). Download both ojdbc6.jar and orai18n.jar
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
- JDBC driver: jTDS driver

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content.

Internet Explorer 8 and 9 (Windows)
Firefox 10 ESR version (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
- http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
Firefox 3.6 until desupported by Mozilla in April 2012
Chrome 14 (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)
Safari 5 (Mac OS X) (Limited Copy, Cut, Paste - see Documentation)

ADF Minimum Version 1.5.2

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 6.2.1

Version: 6.2.1.16

Date Released: 2012-04-04 Retired on: 2014-04-11

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

I GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum, Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris: Sun SPARC (Dual processors recommended)

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems(Windows OS requires the latest service pack,** requires ColdFusion 9.0.1)

Windows Server 2008 R2 **
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003
Linux: Red Hat Linux 5 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
Solaris 10: for SPARC (only the 64 bit CF/JVM version is supported)

ColdFusion Requirements

ColdFusion 9.0.1 with HF 1 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html)
ColdFusion 8.0.1 with HF 4 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/529/cpsid_52915.html)
Note: ColdFusion 8.0.0 and 9.0.0 are NOT supported.
Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
Note: Application Servers other than JRun are NOT supported.
Sun JDK 1.6.0_24 for ColdFusion 8.0.1 and 9.0.1 and 9.0.2
Adobe supports the JDK 1.7 for ColdFusion 9.0.2 and 10 only

Databases (** requires ColdFusion 9.0.1)

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 **
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition **
SQL Server 2005
Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
Oracle 11g R2 **
Oracle 11g ** (NLS_CHARACTERSET setting must be 'AL32UTF8' required)
Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1 and above)
MySQL 5.1 (with InnoDB storage engine) **
MySQL 5.0.x (where x is greater than 25) with InnoDB storage engine
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content. Firefox runs
on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Internet Explorer runs only on Windows.

Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9
Firefox 10 ESR Only

ADF Minimum Version 1.5.2

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 6.1.0

Version: 6.1.0.215

Date Released: 2011-02-16 Retired on: 2012-09-21

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

I GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum, Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris: Sun SPARC (Dual processors recommended)

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems(Windows OS requires the latest service pack,** requires ColdFusion 9.0.1)

Windows Server 2008 R2 **
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003
Linux: Red Hat Linux 5 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
Solaris 10: for SPARC (only the 64 bit CF/JVM version is supported)

ColdFusion Requirements

ColdFusion 9.0.1 with HF 1 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html)
ColdFusion 8.0.1 with HF 4 (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/529/cpsid_52915.html)
Note: ColdFusion 8.0.0 and 9.0.0 are NOT supported.
Adobe JRun 4 Application Server (Updater 7) only
Note: Application Servers other than JRun are NOT supported.
Oracle JDK 1.6.0_24 for ColdFusion 8.0.1 and 9.0.1 and 9.0.2

Databases (** requires ColdFusion 9.0.1)

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 **
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition **
SQL Server 2005
Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise edition for Oracle Databases
Oracle 11g R2 **
Oracle 11g **
Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1 and above)
MySQL 5.1 (with InnoDB storage engine) **
MySQL 5.0.x (where x is greater than 25) with InnoDB storage engine
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content. Firefox runs
on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Internet Explorer runs only on Windows.

Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 7
Firefox 3.6

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

CommonSpot Version 6.0.0

Version: 6.0.0.732

Date Released: 2010-05-11 Retired on: 2011-07-27

RAM

Authoring and Read Only Production Servers: 2 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended

Disk Space Available

I GB minimum, 4-6 GB recommended

Processors (Authoring/Read Only)

Windows and Linux: Single 32-bit (x86) 2 GHz Dual core processor minimum, Dual 64-bit (x64) 2 GHz (or higher) Dual core processor recommended
Solaris: Sun SPARC (Dual processors recommended)

*Note: The authoring server will benefit from more processing power

Operating Systems

Windows Server 2008 64 bit (with latest service pack)
Windows Server 2008 32 bit (with latest service pack)
Windows Server 2003 R2 64 bit (with latest service pack)
Windows Server 2003 R2 32 bit (with latest service pack)
Windows Server 2003 64 bit (with latest service pack)
Windows Server 2003 32 bit (with latest service pack)
Linux: Red Hat Linux 5 or SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
Solaris 10: for SPARC

ColdFusion Requirements
Since the release of 6.0, Adobe recommends JDK 1.6.0_24 for both CF 8 and 9.
At the time of release, lower versions were acceptable.

ColdFusion 9.0.0 with HF 1 (9.0.1 highly recommended)
ColdFusion 8.0.1 with HF 4
ColdFusion 7.0.2 with HF 3 (Windows only)
Note: Only ColdFusion 8.0.1 and 9.0.0 are supported for 64-bit environments
JRUN Application Server only for all configurations

Databases

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (10.0.1200.1) (ColdFusion 9 only)
SQL Server 2005
Adobe requires ColdFusion Enterprise for Oracle Databases
Oracle 11g, 11gR1 (ColdFusion 9 Enterprise only)
Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1 and above)
MySQL 5.1 (ColdFusion 9 and InnoDB storage engine)
MySQL 5.0.x (where x is greater than 25) with InnoDB storage engine
See PaperThin KB articles for Oracle and MySQL details

Authoring Browser Requirements

CommonSpot supports any of the following browser versions for authoring content. Firefox runs
on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Internet Explorer runs only on Windows.

Internet Explorer 8 (running IE8 compatibility mode)
Internet Explorer 7
Firefox 3.5 or 3.6

Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768