The VDS Web Server can be hosted with the VDS Application Server or on a server dedicated to the VDS Web Server and its related components and prerequisite software. If the VDS Web Server is hosted with the VDS Application Server, ensure that the software prerequisites listed here are also installed on the VDS Application Server.
Before beginning any software installation, review the hardware recommendations for the server, ensure your system is running a supported operating system. See VDS Platform Recommendations.
Make sure the following software prerequisites are installed:
The exact version of the following Microsoft components must be installed. Other versions or libraries will not work.
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Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 8.0.6 or later
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Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 6.0.28 or later 6.x versions
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Microsoft ASP.NET Core Runtime 8.0.4 or later Hosting Bundle
For the Hosting Bundles to install properly, IIS must already be installed and configured on the server.
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Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio, 2015, 2017, and 2019
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Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 or later for SQL Server