The XLiRAD Application Server needs to be installed on the same computer as the webserver and the servlet manager. This computer must have a JAVA 2 Virtual Machine installed on it. Windows installations of XLiRAD will provide the proper JAVA 2 Virtual Machine. For standard server functionality, a runtime virtual machine is all that is required. To compile and execute custom extended functions, a full virtual machine is necessary.
The XliRAD AppServer will by default install into the system drive root of
the target computer. For windows boxes, this is typically C:/XLiRAD_Server.
For unix platforms, this is typically /XLiRAD_Server. The
default directory can be changed during the installation process, but it is recommended
that the chosen directory path contains no directories with spaces in them on Windows
platforms as this can sometimes cause the servlet manager or virtual machine problems.
Also, it is recommended that the target directory be able to grow to no less than
200 Megabytes to allow for large projects.
The XliRAD AppServer requires a JAVA 2 compliant virtual machine to run properly. The corresponding servlet manager must also run a JAVA 2 virtual machine to ensure that encrypted transactions can be encoded and decoded properly. JAVA 1.3 virtual machines are acceptable, but we recommend that the virtual machine used by the XLiRAD Server and the servlet manager are the same revision to ensure proper communication. Windows installations of XLiRAD provide a JAVA 2 virtual machine with them and preselect it in the installation, but a different pre-existant virtual machine can be chosen instead.
The XLiRAD Client Tools are bundled together in a single installer and should be installed on any machine that XLiRAD developers will use. The two client tools, SQLEditor and TemplateMaker, install in the same directory and run off of the same JAVA 2 virtual machine.
The XLiRAD Clients, like the server, will by default install into the
system drive root of the target computer. For windows boxes, this is typically
C:/XLiRAD_Clients. For unix platforms, this is typically /XLiRAD_Clients.
The default directory can be changed during the installation process.
The XliRAD Clients require a JAVA 2 compliant virtual machine to run properly. Windows installations of the XLiRAD Clients provide a JAVA 2 virtual machine with them and preselect it in the installation, but a different pre-existant virtual machine can be chosen instead. It is strongly recommended that the same virtual machine revision used by the server is also used by the clients to ensure proper encoding and decoding of encrypted transactions.