OS: OS-independent, tested on Linux, Windows 10 Professional and Windows Server 2012 R2
Required software for Docker distribution:
{info} You can find more information about Docker at: https://www.docker.com/
Required software for WAR distribution:
| 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).
| 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/
MySQL 5.7 or 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 MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-installation-excerpt/5.7/en/
Configured SMTP mail server for e-mail feedback on registration
Web browser: a recent version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari.
Information about older versions:
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