System requirements

Software

System requirement details for administrators

APIS IQ-Software

In general, the APIS IQ-Software has the following system requirements:

  • PC with an IA32 (x86) compatible processor
  • 500 MB free hard disk space
  • Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8.x (desktop mode), Windows 10, Windows 11
  • Minimum: 1024 MB free RAM and screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels
  • Recommended: 4 GB RAM, CPU 2 GHz or more, screen resolution of 1600 x 1024 pixels or more

Depending on the required type of licensing, there are three options available:

Dongle version

In addition to the system requirements mentioned above, either a card reader or a free USB port for an external card reader is required, which can be supplied on request.

Network

The network version consists of two components:

  • The network component is typically stored on an existing file server or a network drive. A separate license server (floating license server) is not required.

  • The system requirements listed under "Client local" apply to the client component of a network version.

A permanent network connection of at least 100 Mbit/s is required for smooth data exchange between client and file server.

Network version with NLX

The above requirements for the network version are the same for the network version with NLX. The requirements listed under "Local client" apply to the NLX client.

Further information on network installation is available in the installation instructions in the download section.

Server software

CARM-Server

The same requirements apply for the CARM-Server software as for the client version. For the operating system, it does not matter whether it is a Windows client or a Windows server. Permanent network connection is required for the server to be able to communicate with the clients.

CDM-Server

Processor

  • x86-64 compatible server CPU, 8-core or more

  • Example: Intel Xeon E5 or later/equivalent AMD Epyc

Memory (RAM)

  • Minimum 16 GB

  • 32 GB or more recommended

Memory

  • SSD with at least 25 GB free storage space for application, database, and container

  • Or more, depending on the data volume

Operating system

Note: As we use an OCI image (Docker), it should run without any problems on any current operating system with Docker support.

Tested operating system

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later

Software requirements

Docker

  • Docker Engine 27.0.3 or later

  • Docker Compose 2.29.0 or later

Network requirements

  • Network: Stable network connection with sufficient bandwidth for data transfer between server and clients. 1 gbps recommended

Security requirements

User privileges

  • Make sure that the server has the appropriate user rights for managing Docker containers.

Firewall

  • Configure the firewall to allow the traffic required for application management.