System Requirements

The SAS Information Delivery Portal requires a Web server, a SAS server, an enterprise directory server, and one or more clients. The requirements for each are described below.

Client Requirements

Because the SAS Information Delivery Portal is a Web application, the only requirement for client machines is that they use a Web browser. We require either Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 5.0 or later; or Netscape, Version 6.2.

Depending on the types of content to be published on the portal, client machines may also need one or more standard desktop applications. Examples could include Adobe Acrobat Reader (to read PDF files streamed to the portal) or Microsoft Excel (to read spreadsheets streamed to the portal).

Web Server Requirements

The SAS Information Delivery Portal Web Application is based on the Java 2 platform. It uses Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs) running on a Web server in the middle tier.

Java Software Development Kit (SDK)

The current release of the SAS Information Delivery Portal Web Application requires the Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK), Standard Edition. Version requirements vary depending on which servlet container software is used. Whenever possible, Version 1.3.0_01 is recommended.

Servlet Container

The Web server must provide a platform, or engine, called a servlet container, to run the SAS Information Delivery Portal Web Application's servlets and JSPs. The container provides a runtime environment that supports concurrency, life cycle management, deployment, and other services for these components. Some commercial Web servers include the servlet container functionality. Others require a separate product that provides this functionality. Web servers that contain servlet containers are sometimes called Web application servers.

Note: Because the servlet container vendors have used inconsistent methods to implement the Java servlet and JSP specifications, the SAS Information Delivery Portal is only supported with servlet containers that have been tested and validated by SAS.

The servlet containers in the following products have been tested for use with the SAS Information Delivery Portal Web Application and the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Version 1.3.0_01:

• Apache Tomcat, Version 3.2
• Allaire JRun, Version 3.0
• BEA WebLogic Server, Version 6.1
• BEA WebLogic Server, Version 7.0, SP2
• IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 4.0

The servlet containers in the following products have been tested for use with the SAS Information Delivery Portal and the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Version 1.2.2. (Note: These servlet containers do not support Version 1.3.0_01).

• BEA WebLogic Server, Version 5.1
• iPlanet WebServer, Version 4.1
• IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 3.5.2

The recommended reference servlet container is Apache Tomcat Version 3.2.

At a minimum, your Web server must support the following specifications:

• Java Servlet Specification, Version 2.2 or later
• JavaServer Pages Specification, Version 1.1 or later
• Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Version 1.3.0_01 (or Version 1.2.2, depending on which servlet container is used)

For more information about the above listed software specifications, visit the Java Web site provided by Sun Microsystems.

SAS Server Requirements

The SAS Information Delivery Portal requires a portal-enabled SAS server to access and process information. Each portal-enabled SAS server must include the following:

• Base SAS Software, Release 8.2 or higher
• SAS Information Delivery Portal Server Components 1.1
• Other SAS products required for hosted content types and applications that process and analyze data

Directory Server Requirements

You must have an LDAP-enabled directory server that can be accessed by the Web server and the SAS server. The following directory servers have been tested for use with the SAS Information Delivery Portal:

• Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1
• Netscape Directory Server 4.1
• IBM SecureWay, Version 3.2

For more information on the requirements of the enterprise directory server, see Directory Services and Integration Technologies on the SAS Integration Technologies Web site.