System Requirements

Neuron ESB installations can be categorized as either server installations or client installations. A server installation is a full installation of the Neuron ESB, while a client installation communicates with a remote Neuron server via the Client API.

Server Installation

For use in a production environment:

Component	Recommended
Processor	2.2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon or higher
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 (all Service Packs) Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016
RAM	8 GB on 32-bit Windows 16 GB on 64-bit Windows
Disk	500 MB of available space

Client Installation

For use as an entry level messaging solution, or for product evaluation:

Component	Recommended
Processor	2.2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon or higher
Operating System	Windows Server 2012 (all Service Packs) Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows 10
RAM	4 GB on 32-bit Windows 8 GB on 64-bit Windows
Disk	100 MB of available space

Prerequisites

In order to install and run Neuron ESB 3.5 or 3.6, the following software needs to be installed on your computer. The Neuron ESB installer will attempt to locate these software packages on your computer. If the software packages are not present, the Neuron ESB installer will attempt to download the software packages over the Internet and install them for you.

Neuron ESB 3.5 Prerequisites:

Neuron ESB 3.6 Prerequisites:

If your computer does not have Internet access, please use the hyperlinks below to download the software packages and install them on your computer prior to installing Neuron ESB 3.5 or 3.6.

The following optional software may also be required, depending on your solution needs. See the descriptions below:

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1

.NET Framework 4.5.1 is a prerequisite for all machines running Neuron ESB 3.5, including client machines using the Neuron API. If Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 is not installed, the Neuron installer will automatically install it for you.

You can download .NET Framework 4.5.1, here.

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1

.NET Framework 4.7.1 is a prerequisite for all machines running Neuron ESB 3.6, including client machines using the Neuron API. If Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1 is not installed, the Neuron installer will automatically install it for you.

You can download .NET Framework 4.7.1, here.

Windows Installer 4.5

Windows Installer 4.5 is a prerequisite for all machines that will execute the Neuron installer.

You can download Windows Installer 4.5, here.

MSMQ

If you are using an MSMQ topic, you must install MSMQ on the server as well as all client machines.

More information about installing MSMQ can be found here.

Microsoft SQL Server

To add a Neuron ESB Database to your Configuration, you will need to install Microsoft SQL Server. The Microsoft SQL Server installation can either be on the local machine or on a remote server. Your installation of Microsoft SQL Server must meet the requirements that the following table describes.

Versions	SQL Server 2008 SP1, SP2 or SP3 SQL Server 2008 R2 (all Service Packs) SQL Server 2012 (all Service Packs) SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2017 SQL Azure (NO SQL AGENT JOBS)
Editions	Enterprise Standard Developer Express Workgroup Compact
Installed Components	SQL Server Database Services SQL Browser Service
Collation Settings	Must be accent sensitive Must be case insensitive Must not be binary Must not be binary - code point To avoid problems with double width or Hiragana/Katakana equivalent characters, select the appropriate check boxes to enable Kana and width sensitivity when you install SQL Server.
Authentication	Windows Authentication or SQL server login depending on configured connection string.
Service Account	All services are run with an appropriate domain account

Erlang/RabbitMQ

In Neuron ESB 3.0 we introduced a new channel type for Topics based on RabbitMQ Server. Installation of RabbitMQ Server is optional and is not required to use Neuron ESB 3.5.4 or 3.6. If RabbitMQ Server is not installed, the Neuron ESB 3.5.4 and 3.6 installers will give you the option of automatically downloading and installing Erlang and RabbitMQ Server. If you want to use the new RabbitMQ channel type, but your computer does not have Internet access, please download and install the following software packages before installing Neuron ESB 3.5.4 or 3.6. Neuron ESB 3.5.4 has been upgraded to support Erlang version 18.1 and Rabbit MQ version 3.5.6, while Neuron ESB 3.6 has been upgraded to support Erlang version 20.2 and Rabbit MQ version 3.7.1.

Neuron ESB 3.5: