Installation on Virtual or Physical Environments

You can install SanteDB iCDR on Microsoft Windows or Linux / Unix operations on x86 or ARM. The option to install SanteDB iCDR services on a full operating system is well suited for environments where:

• There is a need to finely tune the SanteDB configuration files

• There is a predefined TRA and PIA process which requires hardened / vetted operating system installations.

• There is existing Operating System environments in place, examples include:

  • Existing Application Performance Monitoring software which relies on a specific Operating System

  • Existing authentication/administration infrastructure (such as Active Directory)

  • Existing event log / notification shipping in infrastructure.

• There are requirements for hardware level isolation of the SanteDB services

• There are complex scaling requirements (such as using Windows scaling or clustered file servers)

• The environment's use of Windows only features in SanteDB. Windows only features include:

  • Using Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) dispatcher queues

  • Using Microsoft Windows Event Log notifications for central event monitoring

  • Using Microsoft Operation Manager to coordinate update and software package installation.

SanteDB supports Installation on Microsoft Windows and Installation on Linux and Unix.

Pre-Requisites

If installing SanteDB iCDR on a native or virtualized operating system environments administrators will need to ensure the following pre-requisites are met:

• An appropriate operating system version is installed, patched and ready for installation of the SanteDB iCDR Application Server.

• An appropriate database environment (primarily PostgreSQL) is installed, patched and can accept connections from the SanteDB iCDR Application Server.