PhixFlow Help
System Requirements and Compatibility
- Dominic Sandhu (Unlicensed)
- Fiona Sargeant (Unlicensed)
- Gary Parden
This page provides a table listing support for the third party applications that are required to run PhixFlow at major releases:
- A web browser (on the client side)
- A database server
- An application server
Java runtime environment
Remember to update your database drivers to be compatible with the version of Java that PhixFlow requires.
The table below also mentions any special upgrade instructions that you should be aware of when planning to migrate to a new version. Use the table below to determine if you need to plan upgrades to other software with your IT department. Full details of all special instructions between your current version and the new version are available in Special Upgrade Instructions.
PhixFlow does not support Oracle's MySQL, but it can theoretically be used as an alternative to MariaDB.
PhixFlow Major Version | Databases Supported | Tomcat | Java Runtime | Database | Browsers | Notes Remember to check | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oracle | MS SQL Server | Maria DB | Edge 1 | Chrome2 | Firefox2 | |||||
| 8.2 | 12c (12.2.0.1) | 2017 2016 | 10.4 10.3 10.1D | 8.5 9 | OpenJDK: Adoptium Temurin 8 and 11 3 Oracle Java 8D | Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 API | IE 11 1 | Latest version | Warning: This is the last major release to support Tomcat 8.5 | |
| 8.1 | 12c (12.2.0.1) | 2017 2016 | 10.4 10.3 10.1D | 8.5 | AdoptOpenJDK 8 Oracle Java 8D | Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 API | IE 11 1 | 76 | 59 | Supported: AdoptOpenJDK 8, see https://adoptopenjdk.net/ Deprecated:
|
| 8.0 | 12c (12.2.0.1) | 2017 2016 | 10.3 10.1 | 8.5 | Oracle Java 8 | Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 API | IE 11 1 | 66 | 59 | Not supported: Oracle 12c release 1 (12.1) |
| 7.9 | 12c (12.2.0.1 and 12.1) | 2017 2016 | 10.1 | 8.5 | Oracle Java 8 | Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 API | IE 11 1 | 66 | 59 | Warning: This is the last major release to support Oracle 12c release 1 (12.1). Mandatory: Due to changes to the logging setup, you must configure two new logging configuration files; see Configure logback.xml and phixflow-logging.xml. |
| 7.8 | 12c (12.1) | 2017 2016 | 10.1 | 8.5 | Oracle Java 8 | IE 11 1 | 66 | 59 | Mandatory: Upgrade to SQL Server 2016 or later. Mandatory: There are incompatible changes at 7.8.0 to the webapp configuration files in $webapp/WEB-INF/classes - simply copying the configuration files from an earlier release will not work. We recommend that you create new configuration files by copying the relevant templates and re-applying the necessary changes. | |
| 7.7 | 12c (12.1) | 2017 2016 2014 2008 | 10.1 | 8.5 | Oracle Java 8 | IE 11 1 | 66 | 59 | Mandatory: Upgrade to Java 1.8.0_151 or later and ensure that Java is configured to allow unlimited-strength security; see Install Java for details. Note: SQL Server 2008 is supported to the end of 2018. | |
| 7.6 | 12c (12.1) | 2017 2016 2014 2008 | 10.1 | 8.5 | Oracle Java 8 | IE 11 1 | 66 | 59 | Mandatory: Upgrade to:
Note: SQL Server 2008 is supported to the end of 2018. | |
| 7.5 | 12c (12.1) 11g | 2016 2014 2012 2008 | 10.1 10.0 | 8.5 | Oracle Java 8 | IE 11 1 | 63 | 58 | Mandatory: If using Oracle, upgrade to version 12c. | |
D indicates a version that is still supported, but is deprecated.
1 The use of IE with PhixFlow version 7.0 onwards (i.e. with the Javascript GUI) is not recommended. The GUI has full functionality in this browser, but does not perform as well as in Chrome and Firefox.
From PhixFlow version 8.3.0, Microsoft Edge Chromium is supported instead of IE.
2 We support all versions of Chrome and Firefox released in the 2 years prior to the release date. The versions tested at the time of each release are listed here. Should you have any problems with an earlier version than that listed, but within 2 years of the release date, or a later version than that listed, please contact the PhixFlow support desk.
3 Adoptium Temurin is the new name for AdoptOpenJDK; see Adoptium - Open source, prebuilt OpenJDK binaries.
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