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.

• Java 8 or higher (Recommended is Java SE Runtime Environment 8 or OpenJDK 8 jre)
• JavaFX or OpenJFX for generating preview images in the form preview page (works only with Java 8 currently)
• Apache Tomcat 8 (Recommended 8.5)
• Other applications server are possible, but are not officially supported.

Database

One of the following database management systems must be installed.

• MySQL, version 5.1 or higher (Recommended 5.x)
• MS SQL, version 2008 R2 or higher
• Oracle, Version 11 or higher (Recommended 11)
• PostgreSQL, version 9.1 or higher (Recommended 9.x)
• 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 2008 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.