System requirements
The Xima® Formcycle Server is a Java web application run on a Java web container or application server.
Software
Server
The following software is required for a Xima® Formcycle Server.
- Oracle Java JDK oder Open JDK version 8 to 14 (Recommended version is 11 (LTS))
- If necessary, installation of the appropriate Java Cryptography Extension (Jce, Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files, necessary for Java 8 versions prior update 151)
- If necessary, activation of the unlimited policy (necessary for Java 8 versions between update 151 and 162)
- Apache Tomcat 8.5 or 9
- Other applications server are possible, but are not officially supported.
- Please note any necessary configurations when operating the application server behind a load balancer, reverse proxy or similar (see here).
The following configurations are generally used for customer installations.
Windows (MS Windows Server 2019 Standard): Eclipse Temurin 11 (LTS), JVM HotSpot
Linux (Debian 10): OpenJDK 11
Application Server: Apache Tomcat 9
Database
One of the following database management systems must be installed.
- MySQL, version 5.1 or higher
- MS SQL, version 2008 R2 or higher
- Oracle, Version 11 or higher
- PostgreSQL, version 9.1 or higher (
- 6.1.0+ MariaDB, version 10 or higher
- A case-sensitive UTF-8 collation, such as utf8_bin
Browser (administration interface)
These requirements are for the administration interface of Xima® Formcycle, not for opening and filling out forms. We recommend you use a recent version of one of the following browsers. Also, please keep in mind that older browsers may have security-related bugs.
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox (recommended)
- Google Chrome
Internet explorer is not supported anymore for the backend. Using it may lead to Ui glitches or other bugs.
Hardware
Hardware requirements may differ depending on how Xima® Formcycle is used, such as how many forms have to be processed each day.
Consider the following requirement on the system:
- 1 client
- 40 forms
- 1000 form submissions daily
- 1000 state transitions daily
- 500 files created by action, eg PDF or Word files
- 10 simultaneously registered users in the backend
This will require the following hardware:
- Windows 2012 R2 (64-bit) or Linux (64-bit)
- 2 x QuadCore processors @ 2,8 GHz
- 8 GB RAM (4 GB for the application server)
- 10 GB disc space for Xima® Formcycle
The specifications above do not include the database server. The database server may run on a different server.