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Hosting and Requirements

Hosting

Photon Server runs on any hosting provider that supports Windows.

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Selected Cloud Providers

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Selected Bare Metal Providers

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Requirements

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Hosting Only

To host Photon servers, the requirements for the production environment are the following:

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Minimum

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

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Recommended

  • Windows Server 2019 x64
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

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Development

For using Photon SDKs to develop your server, the requirements for the development environment are the following:

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Minimum

  • Windows 8.1
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

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Recommended

  • Windows 10 x64
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019

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Photon Communication Ports

Find the list of required ports by default at this page.

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