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Your IT system must meet the PhixFlow Minimum system requirements.
If you are setting up an installation of PhixFlow for evalution, or a platform for development or testing that requires minimal planning, you can go straight into the installation process below.
If you are installing a large and/ or long-running installation of PhixFlow, please complete the planning steps described in Planning your PhixFlow System and Infrastructure planning Planning and deliveryDelivery.
Summary Installation Instructions
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| Required or recommended | Page with details | Summary | |||
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| Required | Install Java | Download and install Java. | |||
| Required | Download and install the Apache Tomcat web-application (webapp) server. | Optional | Log management recommendationsOptional configuration for management of server log files on long-running (more than 4 weeks) instances of PhixFlow. | ||
| Recommended | Install reverse proxy and configure HTTPS:
| Set up a reverse proxy to help manage the load on the PhixFlow server, offer secure connections over HTTPS, and help with certificate management for multiple instances of PhixFlow. | |||
| Optional | Install LibreOffice | This is only needed if you want to generate PDF versions of files to export or send via email (Configuring PDF Conversion) | |||
| Required | Unpack PhixFlow Release Package | If you do not already have the PhixFlow package to install, you can download it from our support FTP site. Please email support@phixflow.com. Log on to the webapp host and unpack the release package. | |||
| Required | Install the PhixFlow Database Schema | Create a database user and tables. Populate the tables with initial configuration data and set the customer name. See also the details in Database URLs. | |||
| Optional | MS SQL Server Integrated Authentication | Enable server support for integrated user authentication. | |||
| Required | Install the PhixFlow Webapp | Copy the PhixFlow webapp from the unpacked release package into Tomcat and configure it. | |||
| Required | Configure a Keystore and Aliases | Create a keystore for the database credentials and their aliases. Configure the following files to use the keystore:
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| Required | Start PhixFlow and Configure | Check that the application is running by starting the client and logging in with the username startup and password: Startup. |
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