WebObjects

Title: WebObjects Compatibility Guide
Creation Date: Feb 17, 1998

Keywords: WebObjects, Browser, Adaptor, Server

On what platforms does WebObjects run?

The supported OS releases for the various WebObjects releases are:

WebObjects 2.0 runs on NT 3.51 & 4.0b2, HP-UX 9.03 & 10.10, Solaris 2.4 & 2.5, and NeXTSTEP 3.3
WebObjects 3.0 runs on NT 3.51 & 4.0, HP-UX 10.10, Solaris 2.5 & 2.5.1, and OpenStep for Mach 4.0
WebObjects 3.1 runs on NT 3.51 & 4.0, HP-UX 10.10, Solaris 2.5 & 2.5.1, and OpenStep for Mach 4.1
WebObjects 3.5 runs on NT 4.0, HP-UX 10.20, Solaris 2.5.1 & 2.6, and OpenStep for Mach 4.2

Windows NT support is for Workstation and Server, on Intel hardware only.  NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP support is for Intel and Motorola 68k hardware only.

Which web server and server adaptor version should I use?

In general, each WebObjects server adaptor was tested with the release of WebObjects with which it shipped. That is, the NSAPI 3.0 adaptor, which shipped with WebObjects 3.5 but not WebObjects 3.0, was tested with WebObjects 3.5 but not with WebObjects 3.0 or any earlier version.  The only exception to this is the NSAPI 1.1 adaptor, which was not tested with WebObjects 3.5 due to software availability.

The NSAPI Adaptor

Each release of the NSAPI adaptor was tested with the Netscape server version with the same release number; thus, the NSAPI 3.0 adaptor was tested with Netscape Server 3.0.  All tested Netscape servers were tested under Windows NT, Solaris, and HP-UX.

The ISAPI Adaptor

For the ISAPI adaptor,

WebObjects 2.0 was tested with IIS 1.0
WebObjects 3.0 was tested with IIS 1.0, IIS 2.0, and PWS 2.0
WebObjects 3.1 was tested with IIS 1.0, IIS 2.0, and PWS 2.0
WebObjects 3.5 was tested with IIS 2.0, IIS 3.0, IIS 4.0b, and PWS 2.0

The CGI Adaptor

All servers that were tested with an API-specific adaptor were also tested with the generic CGI adaptor.  The CGI adaptor that shipped with each release of WebObjects was also tested with the version of the Apache web server that shipped with that release.

What broswers have been tested?

WebObjects has always been tested with the latest available release of  Netscape Navigator or Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and OmniWeb.  In addition, one older release of each browser was tested.