For information on the system requirements for LANSA Composer refer to these headings:

Server Requirements

Client Requirements

Database Connectivity Requirements (Server and client)

Server Requirements

This release of the LANSA Composer server requires:

• An IBM i or 64-bit (*) Windows Server platform currently supported by LANSA
  (*) Although LANSA Composer Server remains, in this version, a 32-bit application, it must nevertheless be installed on a 64-bit Windows Server platform due to the requirement (see below) for a 64-bit JVM.
• For Windows Servers you will need versions of the following currently supported by LANSA:
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
  • The Microsoft MSXML 6.0 XML parser
• A supported database system to contain the LANSA Composer database.  On IBM i servers, LANSA Composer will use the integrated DB2 for IBM i database.  On Windows servers, you will need to have installed and configured one of the database management systems (DBMS) currently supported for LANSA software, for example, a supported version of MS SQL Server or Oracle.  Refer to the  LANSA Web site  for details of currently supported database systems.
• A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) currently supported by LANSA for use with LANSA Integrator.  In order to run Transformation Maps (prepared to execute as a Java executable) created with Altova MapForce version 2015R3 or later, your JRE must be at level 1.7 or higher.  Some LANSA Composer activities (such as WAIT_FILESREADY and WATCH_DIRECTORY) also require that your JRE be at level 1.7 or higher.
  
  If you are installing LANSA Composer Server on a Windows Server, a 64-bit JRE is required.

• The LANSA Composer IBM i or Windows server install will install a complete LANSA Composer server system that includes the LANSA run-time components at the necessary levels.  The following LANSA software levels are used:
• LANSA Version 15 at Composer 8 EPC 150070 with Integrator EPC 150046 or later.
• Licenses for your LANSA Server system as described in  Complete the Installation

In order to use LANSA Composer's browser-based Management Console, you will also need software components and configuration that support LANSA web (WAM) applications.  You should refer to LANSA product documentation for complete information, but the key requirements include:

• LANSA web support installed and correctly configured.  The LANSA Composer server installation will usually install and configure the web support for you, but some further manual configuration may be necessary.
• For IBM i servers you will need versions of the following currently supported by LANSA:
• IBM HTTP Server powered by APACHE for CGI

Client Requirements

This release of the LANSA Composer client software requires:

• A Windows client platform, currently supported by LANSA, that is capable of connecting to your LANSA Composer server
• Microsoft Internet Explorer at a level currently supported by LANSA.
• Altova MapForce 2024R2 is supplied with this version of LANSA Composer.  The LANSA Composer client install will offer to install this version.  Where Altova MapForce is already installed, it is strongly recommended that it be upgraded to at least the version supplied.
• A supported Java development kit (JDK)
  Note that the LANSA Composer client install will offer to install the JDK.
  
  The Java development kit (JDK) must be at a level that is capable of compiling the Java code for Transformation Maps to the required Java version compatible with the JVM version used by LANSA Integrator on the LANSA Composer Server.  In order to run Transformation Maps created with Altova MapForce version 2015R3 or later, the JVM must be at level 1.7 or higher on your LANSA Composer server.  (It does not matter to LANSA Composer whether a 32-bit JDK or 64-bit JDK is used for preparing Transformation Maps.  However, when defining maps that use JDBC database connections it will be necessary to use a 32-bit JDK with 32-bit MapForce.)
• The Microsoft XML Parser, MSXML6.  This is not installed with the LANSA Composer client software but can be downloaded from the Microsoft website if it is not already installed on your Windows client machine.  It will already be present on the most recent versions of Windows operating systems.

An installation of LANSA Composer client will require approximately 250mb free disk space, plus approximately 500mb for Altova MapForce and 250mb for the Java development kit (JDK).

Database Connectivity Requirements (Server and client)

If you will be using the mapping tool to map data to or from database tables, you will also need to ensure you have the necessary server (JDBC) and client (ADO, ODBC or JDBC) database components installed. Refer to  Database Connectivity Components and Drivers  for more information.