SOLO Server System Requirements

If you are using our SOLO Server Shared / Custom URL or SOLO Server Dedicated URL services, there are no hardware or software requirements. The author interface can be accessed through a web browser.

Requirements for self-hosting SOLO Server

The system requirements for self-hosting SOLO Server are as follows:

• Supported operating systems include: 
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
• Regardless of Windows server version, it must be a U.S. English version of Windows and the server must be configured with U.S. English regional settings.
• Supported database management systems include:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2017
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022
• SQL Server Agent is strongly recommended to run SOLO Server's jobs. Although SQL Server Agent is not included with Express Editions of Microsoft SQL Server, it is possible to use third-party software or Windows Task Scheduler in place of SQL Server Agent to run SOLO Server's database jobs as needed.
• A valid SSL Certificate for HTTPS (secure) connections. Note that SOLO Server makes internal web service calls to itself in some areas. It is possible to disable SSL for these internal calls, but if SSL is used for them, then the SSL certificate must validate for these calls to work. (Certificates that are self-signed, for a different domain name, or that have expired, will fail to validate on the server and causes these internal calls to fail.)
• 200MB of hard drive space is required to install SOLO Server. However, the amount of space required to host SOLO Server varies on the amount of use it gets and the server configuration. Factors that impact actual space used include (but are not limited to) things like: database growth, log file growth, files uploaded via SOLO Server, etc.. For additional guidance on server requirements, we recommend that your organization's information technology (IT) resources (whether internal or a third-party consultant) establish the requirements for your server based on expected use and growth.
• An SMTP server is required to send emails. SOLO Server can be configured to use an existing SMTP server, so it may not be necessary to install an SMTP service on the web server.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2.

Requirements for Integrated eCommerce

To process e-Commerce transactions, SOLO Server requires a merchant account and a compatible payment gateway service provider. See the Merchant Account and Payment Gateway topic for more details.