Linux Deployment

Last modified: June 1, 2025

Linux deployment is only supported on Debian 10 (buster) for Mendix Runtime versions 7, 8, and 9. We will not add support for any other versions.

Introduction

Mendix can be installed on premises on systems running Linux. The installation consists of the following:

M2ee-tools - A command line tool used for managing your Mendix installation
Mendix Runtime
Java Runtime Environment
Web server

For a list of the distributions which are currently supported, see Operating System in System Requirements.

Technical Documentation

The documentation describing the installation and basic configuration of the Mendix software on a Linux system is available as part of the m2ee-tools helper program: https://github.com/mendix/m2ee-tools/tree/develop/doc/README.md.

License Key Activation on Linux

To activate your license key, follow these steps:

Open the interactive m2ee console.
Use the command show_license_information to display a generated server ID.
Use the server ID to obtain a license key from Mendix (see Licensing Apps for information on requesting a license key).
Activate your license on the server using the activate_license m2ee command.