This article describes the compatibility of Elvis 6 with other systems.
Use the links for more detailed information about a specific product version and its compatibility with other systems.
Operating systems
Note: The following information applies to running Elvis 6 Server as a Search node, a Processing node, a Job Runner node, or any combination of these roles.
Linux
Compatibility of Elvis 6 Server with Linux.
Note: Requires 64bit x86 compatible hardware.
| RedHat Linux 8 / CentOS 8 | - |
| RedHat Linux 7 / CentOS 7 | Yes R,2,3 |
| RedHat Linux 6 / CentOS 6 | Yes 1,2,4 |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. Yes R = recommended combination. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
1 Versions 6.3 to 6.7 only.
2 Not all file types are supported when using a Linux (processing) server. For more information see Supported file types.
3 CentOS/RHEL 7 use systemd. The Elvis startup scripts are LSB-compliant and will therefore also work with systemd.
4 Support for CentOS 6 has been deprecated since Elvis 6.43. Note that CentOS 6 will reach its end of life status by November 2020.
Windows
Compatibility of Elvis 6 Server with Windows.
Note: Requires 64bit x86 compatible hardware.
| Windows Server 2016 | - |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | Yes |
| Windows Server 2012 | Yes |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | Yes |
| Windows Server 2008 SP2 | Yes |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
MacOS
Compatibility of Elvis 6 Server with MacOS.
Note: Requires 64bit Intel hardware.
| MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) | - |
| MacOS 10.14 (Mojave) | Yes |
| MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) | Yes |
| MacOS 10.12 (Sierra) | Yes |
| Mac OS X 10.11 (Server 5.0) | Yes |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
Adobe InDesign
Compatibility of Elvis 6 with Adobe InDesign (requires the Elvis InDesign client to be installed in InDesign).
| Adobe InDesign version | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis version | CS6 | CC | CC 2014 | CC 2015 | CC 2017 | CC 2018 | CC 2019 | 2020 |
| 6.40 or higher8 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6.35 – 6.397 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| 6.30 – 6.346 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| 6.23 – 6.295 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| 6.19 – 6.224 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| 6.12 – 6.183 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| 6.6 – 6.112 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - |
| 6.1 – 6.51 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
1 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.2.1 or any higher version of 3.2.x.
2 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.3.0 or any higher version of 3.3.x.
3 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.4.0 or 3.4.1.
4 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.4.2 or any higher version of 3.4.x.
5 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.5.0 or 3.5.1.
6 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.5.3 or any higher version of 3.5.x.
7 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.6.0 or any higher version of 3.6.x.
8 Requires the Elvis InDesign client 3.7.1 or any higher version of 3.7.x.
Content Station
Compatibility of Elvis 6 with WoodWing Content Station.
| Content Station 11 (Aurora) | Yes |
| Content Station 9.8.x | Yes |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported.
Elvis Agent
Compatibility of Elvis Agent with Elvis 6.
| Elvis 6 | Requires Elvis 6.11 or higher. |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported.
Compatibility of Elvis Agent with operating systems.
| Windows 10 | Yes |
| Windows 8.1 | Yes |
| Windows 8 | Yes |
| Windows 7 | Yes1 |
| MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) | Yes2 |
| MacOS 10.14 (Mojave) | Yes |
| MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) | Yes |
| Linux | - |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
1 Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 on 14 January 2020.
2 The installer has not yet been notarized. It may therefore not be possible to install Elvis Agent on MacOS 10.15 at some point.
Elvis InDesign client
Compatibility of Elvis 6 with the Elvis InDesign client.
| Elvis 6.40 or higher | Requires the InDesign client 3.7.x. |
| Elvis 6.35 – 6.39 | Requires the InDesign client 3.6.x. |
| Elvis 6.23 – 6.34 | Requires the InDesign client 3.5.x. |
| Elvis 6.12 – 6.22 | Requires the InDesign client 3.4.x. |
| Elvis 6.6 – 6.11 | Requires the InDesign client 3.3.x. |
| Elvis 6.1 – 6.5 | Requires the InDesign client 3.2.1. |
Enterprise Server
Compatibility of Elvis 6 with Enterprise Server.
Note: This applies only to the compatibility between Elvis and Enterprise as a whole. Any plug-ins for Enterprise Server are not guaranteed to be backwards compatible for Enterprise versions that they are not released with.
| Enterprise Server 10.8 | Yes | Requires Elvis 6.40 or higher when archiving Digital articles. |
| Enterprise Server 10.7 | Yes | Requires Elvis 6.27 or higher. |
| Enterprise Server 10.6 | Yes | Requires Elvis 6.27 or higher. |
| Enterprise Server 10.5 | Yes | Requires Elvis 6.18 or higher. |
| Enterprise Server 10.4 | Yes | |
| Enterprise Server 10.3 | Yes | |
| Enterprise Server 10.2 | Yes | |
| Enterprise Server 10.1 | Yes |
Requires Enterprise Server 10.1.2 or higher. Requires Enterprise Server 10.1.4 or higher |
| Enterprise Server 10.0 | Yes |
Requires Enterprise Server 10.0.5 or higher. Does not support storing an asset in Elvis as a variant Does not support the use of Load Balancers and multi-node support. |
| Enterprise Server 9.8 | - |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
Smart Connection
Compatibility of Elvis 6 with WoodWing Smart Connection (requires the Elvis InDesign client to be installed in InDesign).
Note: Even though the workflows of using the Elvis InDesign client plug-in and that of using the Smart Connection plug-ins in InDesign are completely separated, compatible versions are required to have them installed simultaneously within the same instance of InDesign.
| For Adobe CC 2019 (Version 14.x) |
Yes | Requires Elvis 6.23 or higher. |
| For Adobe CC 2018 (Version 13.x) |
Yes | Requires Elvis 6.12 or higher. |
| For Adobe CC 2017 (Version 12.x) |
Yes | |
| For Adobe CC 2015 (Version 11.x) |
Yes | |
| For Adobe CC 2014 (Version 10.0.1 – 10.x) |
Yes |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported.
Web browsers
|
Notes:
|
Compatibility of Elvis 6 with Web browsers.
| Apple Safari | Yes |
| Google Chrome | Yes |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 | -1 |
| Microsoft Edge | Yes |
| Mozilla Firefox | Yes |
Legend: Yes = combination is supported. - = combination of old and new software versions is not supported.
1 Please read the end of life announcement for Internet Explorer 11 and the article about support for older versions of Internet Explorer.
Document history
- 4 February 2020: Updated compatibility for CentOS 6.
- 14 January 2020: Added section 'Elvis Agent'.
- 8 January 2020: Updated section 'Web browsers' by removing the restriction for Safari regarding uploading files in the Pro client by dragging and dropping a folder.
Comments
0 comments
Please sign in to leave a comment.