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System Requirements and Compatibility

Owned by Dominic Sandhu (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 09, 2021 by Fiona Sargeant (Unlicensed)
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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 
Drivers compatible with:


Browsers

Notes 

Remember to check
Special Upgrade Instructions


Oracle

MS SQL Server

Maria DB

Edge 1Chrome2

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 APIIE 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
(also called Adoptium Temurin 8 3)

Oracle Java 8D 

Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 APIIE 11 17659

Supported: AdoptOpenJDK 8, see https://adoptopenjdk.net/

Deprecated:

  • Oracle JDK 8
  • MariaDB version 10.1
8.012c  (12.2.0.1)

2017

2016

10.3

10.1

8.5

Oracle Java 8
from PhixFlow 8.0.2  AdoptOpenJDK 8
(also calledAdoptium Temurin 8 3)

Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 APIIE 11 16659Not supported: Oracle 12c release 1 (12.1)
7.9

12c  (12.2.0.1 and 12.1)

2017

2016

10.18.5Oracle Java 8Java 8 / JDBC 4.2 APIIE 11 16659

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.

7.812c (12.1)

2017

2016

10.18.5Oracle Java 8
IE 11 16659

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.

See special instructions for 7.8.0.

7.7

12c (12.1)

2017

2016

2014

2008

10.1

8.5


Oracle Java 8
IE 11 16659

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 16659

Mandatory: Upgrade to:

  • Oracle 12c
  • MariaDB 10.1

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 16358

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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