X4 Installation
Introduction
This area contains all information about the installation of the X4 BPMS.
The pages in this area correspond with the installation packages you can download from the SoftProject website from the X4 BPMS > Downloads section:
- All-in-One - Interactive installation
- X4 Designer - Interactive installation
- X4 Designer - ZIP archive for Windows
- X4 Server and Keycloak - ZIP archive for Windows
- X4 Designer - ZIP archive für macOS
- X4 Server and Keycloak - ZIP archive for Linux
- X4 Server and Keycloak - RPM package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- X4 Server and Keycloak - RPM package for SuSe Linux Enterprise Server
- X4 Server and Keycloak - Debian package for Ubuntu Linux
- X4 Control Center - ZIP archive
- Docker image for the X4 Server and the Keycloak
Every page contains the information you will need for the installation of the corresponding package. Furthermore, you can download the Update tool from the SoftProject website from the X4 BPMS > Download to perform an update from Release 5.5.4 of the X4 BPMS onwards.
You will find all the important information on licences in a separate area, see Managing Licenses.
Note:
Before downloading an installation package, please inform yourself about the system requirements. You can download the system requirements from the Documents tab in the X4 BPMS > Download section of the SoftProject website.
Installation Components of the X4 BPMS
The installation of the X4 BPMS consists of three components:
- X4 Server – administration and process control in the background
- X4 Designer – graphical user interface
- Keycloak – user and role management system
X4 Server
The X4 Server constitutes the core part of the X4 BPMS. As a central component of the X4 BPMS architecture, the X4 Server is the central repository for projects and business processes on the one hand. On the other, it is responsible for the execution and control of all processes.
Without a connection to the X4 Server the X4 Designer cannot be fully used as the X4 Server controls the background processes required for the usage of the X4 Designer.
X4 Designer
As a built-in developer tool, the X4 Designer constitutes the graphical user interface of the X4 BPMS. The X4 Designer can be used to model business processes based on BPMN 2.0 (Business Process Model and Notation) and business rules based on DMN 1.1 (Decision Model and Notation). The X4 Designer can be used to create processes graphically via drag-and-drop. Furthermore, the user is provided with suitable input screens which can be used to configure the individual process components.
Keycloak
The X4 BPMS uses the open source solution Keycloak for the user and role management. Keycloak serves as identity and access management solution, protects the X4 BPMS from unauthorized access and allows the creation of various users and user groups with different privileges and roles.
In order to use the X4 BPMS, Keycloak must be installed and running.
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In case of questions or issues, do not hesitate to contact your SoftProject representative or get in touch with the SoftProject support at support@softproject.de.