Certified stack

The following software components have passed Magnolia’s certification testing for compatibility and performance with Magnolia DX Core and the Apache Jackrabbit Java Content Repository.

Unless specified otherwise, all currently supported or LTS releases can be used.

Operating systems

Container-based environments
Linux
Windows
macOS

If you want to use a container-based implementation, use the latest version of the official Tomcat container.

Ubuntu and Debian
Generally, Magnolia should work on any modern Linux distribution.

Windows Server and Windows 11

macOS

Are you running Magnolia on an OS that is not listed here? Let us know by posting to the .

Java

Java version	Magnolia
Java 25 (LTS)
Java 21 (LTS)
Java 17 (LTS)	The build base for Magnolia 6.4.

Java version

Magnolia

Java 25 (LTS)

Java 21 (LTS)

Java 17 (LTS)

The build base for Magnolia 6.4.

Maven coordinates

Magnolia 6.4 has Jakarta EE 10 as baseline.

Application servers

The tabs below show the application servers which we have certified (systematically tested per release) as well as those that are supported but not certified.

All application servers listed here fall under our SLA, meaning we support any issues you encounter with the application servers.

Supported and certified
Supported but not certified

Apache Tomcat

Magnolia 6.4 is a Jakarta EE 10 web application, requiring Tomcat 10 (or later).

Check Apache’s Apache Tomcat - Which Version Do I Want? page to find out about compatibility between Tomcat and Java versions.

The following servers (latest versions) are not certified, only supported. We provide support for them if you use them, but we do not proactively test them for major or maintenance releases of Magnolia.

Wildfly
JBoss EAP
IBM WebSphere Application Server
IBM WebSphere Liberty

IBM WebSphere is supported only with DX Core and with the special Magnolia package for IBM WebSphere.

Databases

External
Embedded

Unless otherwise noted, all vendor-supported database versions are supported for Magnolia.

PostgreSQL

See PostgreSQL: Versioning support for more details.
MySQL 5.5 and later

InnoDB storage engine for MySQL is supported by Magnolia, MyISAM is not. InnoDB is the default in MySQL 5.5 and later.
Oracle Database
Microsoft SQL Server

H2

We don’t recommend using H2 for production environments.
Derby

Apache Derby is only supported as an embedded database in a packaged version for low-volume use only.

Magnolia BOM manages versions of the embedded databases.

Cloud providers

You can deploy Magnolia on major cloud providers such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform and generally in any Kubernetes cluster.

Repositories

Apache Jackrabbit (2.x series)

Magnolia BOM manages the version of the repository.

Browsers

The Magnolia Admincentral and any Magnolia front-end (sites built with MTE) are compatible with major web browsers such as Chrome or Safari, released within the past two years.

We don’t proactively test Magnolia for use with the emerging browsers but we do our best effort to give support for them if you use them.

Admincentral UI is designed for desktop or small screens and tablets.

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