ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application Technical Specifications

ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR

Web Application Technical Specifications

Version: 7.7

Date: 2019-12-16

Table of Contents

Overview....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Hardware requirements................................................................................................................................. 4

Software requirements.................................................................................................................................. 5

Using SAP Java Connector (SAP JCo) 3.0.......................................................................................6

Tested environments..................................................................................................................................... 7

Overview

This document lists the hardware and software requirements for running the Kofax ReadSoft PROCESS

DIRECTOR Web Application

™

The ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application allows users outside an SAP environment to

participate in workflows and perform other ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR actions using a web browser.

The ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application is a Java Web Application. It is delivered as a

J2EE-compatible web archive (EAR or WAR) file. Although it normally runs on its own server, installation

on systems running other applications is also possible.

The environments on which the ReadSoft Web Application is tested are also listed.

Hardware requirements

The ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application should run on its own server. Installation on

systems running other applications is also possible, as well as installation on a Virtual Machine.

The following table lists the minimum hardware requirements.

Item Requirement

RAM About 30 MB per concurrent user session are

recommended. Thus, if 100 users are logged on

simultaneously, you can expect memory usage of around

3 GB.

For information about support for mobile devices, refer to the Product Documentation for Kofax ReadSoft

Mobile

™

Software requirements

The following table lists the recommended software as well as the minimum requirements.

Item Recommendation Minimum requirement

Operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Windows 10, versions 1507

and 1511

Microsoft Windows 8

Microsoft Windows 7

Any operating system supported

by the other software components

below.

Web browser (No recommendation) Internet Explorer, version 11

Microsoft Edge

Mozilla Firefox, version 3 and higher

Safari, version 4 and higher

Google Chrome

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) JRE 9 JRE 8

Web application server Apache Tomcat 9.0 (with JRE 8)

Apache Tomcat 8.5 (with JRE 8)

SAP NetWeaver CE version 7.5

J2EE compatible

Java Servlet 2.4

Java Server Pages (JSP) 2.0

SAP Java Connector (SAP JCo) 3.0 (see Using SAP Java Connector

(SAP JCO) 3.0)

2.1.10

Important The pd_suggest_jpa parameter must be set to no for NetWeaver installations.

Notes:

• From version 7.7 Patch Level 5, the PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application no longer supports

Java 6.

• If using a 64bit version of JRE, the other components must also be 64bit.

• The ReadSoft Process Director Web Application works only if ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR TM is

installed. For instructions on installing it, see the PROCESS DIRECTOR Import and Upgrade Guide.

• The ReadSoft Process Director Web Application and the Web Service API builds are based on Java.

This makes the application independent of any specific operating system, as compared to other

programming platforms.

• The JRE is specific to the operating system and its CPU.

• The SAP JCo implements functionality that is specific to the operating system because it runs

dedicated network sockets and builds an RFC connection to the SAP ERP.

ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application Technical Specifications

Using SAP Java Connector (SAP JCo) 3.0

With SAP JCo 3.0, if you deploy several instances of the ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web

Application on Apache Tomcat, only the first instance that connects to JCo 3.0 after restarting Tomcat will

work.

This also applies if you deploy one instance of the Web Application together with other Web Applications

such as ReadSoft Email-based Approval and ReadSoft INFO MAIL. If you wish to use multiple instances

or Web Applications, you must move the jcolayer library to the Tomcat main library folder and remove it

from all Web Application library folders.

To deploy multiple instances of SAP JCo 3.0, complete the following steps.

1. Deploy all instances of the Web Application(s) that you wish to use.

2. Start Tomcat.

3. After the WAR files are unpacked, go to the Tomcat/webapps/pdweb-app/WEB-INF/lib folder of the

newest Web Application and copy the jcolayer*.jar file to the Tomcat/lib folder (the name of this file

may vary; for example, it could be jcolayer-2.2.jar).

4. Remove the jcolayer*.jar file from the Tomcat/webapps/pdweb-app/WEB-INF/lib folder of all deployed

Web Application instances.

5. Restart Tomcat.

Refer to the ReadSoft PROCESS DIRECTOR Web Application Configuration Guide for instructions

on how to install JRE, Tomcat, and SAP JCo.

Tested environments

Note All tests with our Web Applications are performed within Microsoft Windows environments only.

Item Tested with

Operating system • Microsoft Windows 7

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.4

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) • Java 8 (JRE 8)

• Java 9 (JRE 9)

• Java 11 (JRE 11)

Web application server • Apache Tomcat 7.0

• Apache Tomcat 8.5 (with Java 7 or 8)

• Apache Tomcat 9.0 (with Java 8)

SAP Java Connector (JCo) • 2.1.10

• 3.0