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Before starting the installation procedure, review the topics in this section to determine that your system meets the basic requirements 
and that you have the prerequisite software installed.<br/>

The following is a list of prerequisites for installing {{GVESB}} on UNIX systems.<br/>

''Supported platforms for UNIX Systems''

{| class="gvtable"
! Platform  
! Notes
! Disk Space MB
|-
| IBM <br/>AIX 5.3<br/>AIX 6.1 <br/>AIX 7.1
| IBM (POWER PPC64)
| 232
|-
| Red Hat <br/>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x <br/>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x <br/>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
| Also includes all Linux distributions that are materially equivalent to the <br/>supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions. 
| 232
|-
| HP<br/>HP-UX 11i
| SPARC and x86-64 (only Solaris 10)
| 232
|-
| Solaris<br/>Solaris 8 <br/> Solaris 9 <br/>Solaris 10
| HP-UX 11i v2/11.23 on IA-64/Itanium
| 232
|-
|}

'''Oracle Java 1.6.0 must be installed on system before you start the installation of {{GVESB}}'''

Before you can install {{GVESB}} the Oracle JDK 1.6.0 must be installed on your system.<br/>
The GreenVulcano Universal Installer is a java based application and needs the Oracle JDK 1.6.0 to be executed.


'''Installer Account'''

The GreenVulcanoUniversallInstaller doesn't require to run with administrative privileges.<br/>


'''Installing {{GVESB}} on UNIX Systems'''

If you are installing for the first time, you can specify the installation directory where {{GVESB}} will be installed.<br/>
On UNIX Systems, the default installation directory is the user home directory with which the installer is executed.<br/>

With the new GreenVulcano Universal Installer is possible to install multiple {{GVESB}} sharing the same JBoss 5.1.0 GA application server.<br/>

If you want to use your own JBoss 5.1.0 GA installation you can choose ''"Custom Installation"'' and deselect the ''"JBoss AS 5.1.0.GA"'' package.<br/>

The installer will creates one instance under server directory of your JBoss 5.1.0 GA installation for each {{GVESB}} installation.<br/>


On UNIX Systems you can install by using .

* [[Install using GUI Mode]]
* [[Install using Console Mode]]