Compound Registration System Requirements

Software requirements, server side

• OS: OS-independent, tested on Linux, Windows 10 Professional and Windows Server 2012 R2

• Required software for Docker distribution:

  • Docker Engine

  {info} You can find more information about Docker at: https://www.docker.com/

• Required software for WAR distribution:

  • Java: Select the compatible Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version for your registration system from the table below

  Compound Registration	Java
  23.14.0 - latest	17
  21.20.0 - 23.14.0	11
  17.02.13 - 21.20.0	8

  {info} The recommended distribution for Java 11 and 17 is Adoptium as Chemaxon builds and tests the application with it. Visit https://adoptium.net/ for more information. For Java 8, Oracle is the recommended distribution. Visit the download page https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java8 for more information.

  {primary} If you want to use encryption to encrypt the DB password, we recommend using JRE 1.8.0_161 and newer, or if you are using older versions you have to install the JCE Unlimited Strength extension from here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce8-download-2133166.html (the downloaded zip contains the readme and the installation instructions).

  • Apache Tomcat: Select a compatible Tomcat version for your registration system from the table below

  Compound Registration	Tomcat
  23.14.0 - latest	10.1.+
  17.02.13 - 23.14.0	8.5.+

  {info} Follow the installation and configuration guide at: https://tomcat.apache.org/

• PostgreSQL 15 or Oracle 19c, 21c, XE Database

  {info} Follow the installation guide for setting up the selected DBMS. Oracle: https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/ PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/tutorial-install.html

• Configured SMTP mail server for e-mail feedback on registration

• JChem Oracle Cartridge is not needed

Software requirements, client side

Web browser: a recent version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari.

Information about older versions:

• Java: JRE 1.6 - 1.8 for MarvinSketch applet (support until version 21.20.0) in all browsers, and for file uploads in Internet Explorer 11
• Web browser: Internet Explorer 11 support until version 21.18.0

• ChemDraw 14 (support until version 21.18.0) or above up to 18.x has to be installed with the ActiveX Browser component, when intending to use ChemDraw as a structure editor

Hardware requirements, server side

• Depends mainly on the database size
• At least 2-4 cores are recommended
• 4-8 GB RAM or more, at least 3 GB should be provided explicitly for the Tomcat JVM.
• Cca 500 MB disk space for the application, additional 1 GB during deployment for temporary files; data storage disk space requirements highly depend on the number of structures, approximately 40 GB / 1 M structures

Hardware requirements, client side

• Standard office hardware that can run a modern browser with JavaScript support with a decent performance
• At least 4 GB RAM suggested if large (> 10000 structures) SD files are processed during bulk upload
• Recommended minimum display resolution 1366x768