Syracuse web server on Windows

This document describes the minimum configuration requirements when installing the Syracuse web server on a Microsoft Windows server.

Category Configuration requirements
Operating system
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Note: Windows Server 2012 R2 should not be used for new installations, as:
  • Its End of Life is planned for October 10, 2023.
  • Sage stopped supporting Windows Server 2012 R2 in 2022.
  • If you are currently using Windows Server 2012 R2, you need to upgrade to Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022.
Server
  • Industry-standard server or virtual machine.
  • Processors:
    • Recommended: Intel® Xeon® E5 v3 or later, E7 v3 or later
    • AMD OPTERON™ or EPYC™
    • Avoid low energy processors, best performance with a clock speed above 2.4 GHz
  • At least one dedicated processor.
  • Node.js can be installed with multiple instances (1 processor per instance in this case).
RAM
  • 1 GB per Syracuse node.js process (1 Syracuse node.js process for 30 users for most cases).
  • Specific use cases might require more memory. For further information, consult the Node.js sizing recommendations.
Disk space
  • 1 GB
Others
  • A JDK or a Java Runtime Environment version 8 must be installed.