The following should help clarify which components of Connect are supported on specific versions and distributions of Java.
Note that Java Web Start (JWS) is completely gone in all distributions of Java 11.
+Oracle JRE/JDK:+
||Component||8||9||10||11+||
|Server|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
|CLI|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
|Server Manager|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
|Installer|(/)|(/)|(/)^1^|(/)^1^|
|Administrator via JWS|(/)|(/)|(/)|(x)|
|Administrator via Launcher|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
+Oracle OpenJDK:+
||Component||8||9||10||11+||
|Server|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
|CLI|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
|Server Manager|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
|Installer|(/)|(/)|(/)^1^|(/)^1^|
|Administrator via JWS|(x)|(x)|(x)|(x)|
|Administrator via Launcher|(x)|(x)|(x)|(/)|
[1]: Install4J does not yet support Java 10+, but installation still works if you click the "Locate" button and navigate directly to the java executable file.
The Oracle JDK will no longer be free to use in production from 11 onwards. And JDK/JRE 8 will stop public updates in Jan 2019.
See also: Oracle JDK Alternatives Summary
The following should help clarify which components of Connect are supported on specific versions and distributions of Java.
Note that Java Web Start (JWS) is completely gone in all distributions of Java 11.
+Oracle JRE/JDK:+ ||Component||8||9||10||11+|| |Server|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)| |CLI|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)| |Server Manager|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)| |Installer|(/)|(/)|(/)^1^|(/)^1^| |Administrator via JWS|(/)|(/)|(/)|(x)| |Administrator via Launcher|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)|
+Oracle OpenJDK:+ ||Component||8||9||10||11+|| |Server|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)| |CLI|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)| |Server Manager|(/)|(/)|(/)|(/)| |Installer|(/)|(/)|(/)^1^|(/)^1^| |Administrator via JWS|(x)|(x)|(x)|(x)| |Administrator via Launcher|(x)|(x)|(x)|(/)|
[1]: Install4J does not yet support Java 10+, but installation still works if you click the "Locate" button and navigate directly to the java executable file.
Imported Issue. Original Details: Jira Issue Key: MIRTH-4352 Reporter: narupley Created: 2018-12-12T12:21:28.000-0800