Any computer that can run one of the supported operating systems is compatible with Geocortex Essentials 4.11. If you are going to use
More memory and a faster CPU improve Essentials performance. We recommend that your servers surpass the minimum requirements.
Minimum Hardware Requirements for an Essentials Server
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Hardware Component |
Minimum |
Recommended |
|---|---|---|
|
Random Access Memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB or higher |
|
Storage Drive (HDD, SSD) |
1 GB |
5 GB or higher |
|
CPU |
2-core processor, |
4-core processor, 2 GHz or higher, x64 |
Instant Search is I/O bound. When serving search requests, Instant Search accesses both system memory (RAM) and the storage drive. You can improve the performance of Instant Search by increasing RAM and upgrading the storage drive.
Instant Search is not CPU bound. An upgrade to the server's CPU does not significantly improve the performance of Instant Search.
To improve Instant Search performance:
Upgrade to a Solid-State Drive: Instant Search reads from the storage drive where the index is stored. Reading from a solid-state drive (SSD) is much faster than reading from a hard disk drive. To ensure the quickest access times, set up the Geocortex Core data folder on a partition on a solid-state drive. To do this, change the location of the data folder to point to the SSD partition.
You can change the location of the data folder when you run the Geocortex Core installer with the Geocortex Core Management Application. For a typical installation, you can find this application at
C:\Program Files\Latitude Geographics\Geocortex Core\Management\Geocortex.Platform.Management.exe.
Increase Server RAM: Increasing the server's RAM allows you to allocate more RAM to Instant Search, and have more RAM for the other processes that the server runs.
Increase the RAM Available to Instant Search: Instant Search uses the amount of RAM that is configured for it in Geocortex Core. You can increase the amount of RAM that Geocortex Core allocates to Instant Search.
Hardware Requirements for an Essentials Server Running Instant Search
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Hardware Component |
Minimum |
Recommended |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Random Access Memory (RAM) |
6 GB |
8 GB or higher |
|
|
Storage Drive (HDD, SSD) |
40 GB HDD |
100+ GB SSD |
As a guideline, the Instant Search index requires about 2 GB of disk space per 1 million features. This ratio varies with feature size. |
The software requirements are the same for all servers, whether they are running Geocortex Core and Essentials, or just the REST API. For more information, see Geocortex Essentials Deployment.
Before starting the installation, the installer checks whether the server meets the software requirements. The installer will not install a component if the component's requirements are not met.
Because Essentials is built on Microsoft's .NET Framework, Essentials must be deployed on Microsoft Windows, specifically, on 64-bit Windows.
Essentials supports the following versions of 64-bit Windows:
Windows Server 2019 x64
Windows Server 2016 x64
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64
Windows Server 2012 x64
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 (Standard / Enterprise)
Windows Server 2008 x64 Service Pack 2 (Standard / Enterprise)
Windows 10 x64
Windows 8.1 x64
For Windows Server 2008 R2: Collaboration makes use of web sockets to create rooms. Windows Server 2008 R2 dos not support web sockets. For Collaboration to work, you need to open the port that is used by Collaboration. If you are using SSL, you also need to configure the role to use the correct SSL thumbprint. Finally, you need to configure your viewer to connect directly on the newly opened port, instead of using the web socket. For complete instructions, see the Knowledge Base article Fixing Collaboration when running Essentials on Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7.
Geocortex Essentials is built on Microsoft's .NET Framework. Essentials requires .NET Framework 4.5 or newer.
You must download and install the .NET Framework before you can install Essentials. You can download the .NET Framework from the Microsoft Download Center.
Geocortex Essentials requires Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or newer.
Specific IIS components must be enabled. See IIS Configuration for information.
Geocortex Essentials Manager runs in a web browser. Manager supports the following browsers:
Chrome: Current version
Firefox: Current version
Microsoft Edge: Current version
Internet Explorer: Version 11.0 and greater
These browsers are supported in the sense that their use with Manager is tested. Other browsers and browser versions may also work with Manager.
Geocortex Essentials Manager uses cookies. To use Manager, cookies must be enabled in your web browser.
We recommend using Geocortex Viewer for HTML5 2.12 with Geocortex Essentials 4.11.
Running Essentials with older versions of the viewer framework results in reduced viewer capabilities. Running Essentials with newer versions of the viewer may lead to errors and is not recommended either.
Geocortex Essentials 4.11 supports ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 and newer, including ArcGIS Server and Portal for ArcGIS.
Geocortex Essentials 4.11 supports ArcGIS Server 10.1 to ArcGIS Server 10.4, and ArcGIS Server within ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 and newer.
Geocortex Essentials 4.11 works with the following versions of Portal for ArcGIS:
Portal for ArcGIS 10.3 and newer: Portal for ArcGIS 10.3 or newer is required for secured content and sign-in to Manager using Portal for ArcGIS accounts. Geocortex Essentials 4.9 works with Portal for ArcGIS 10.3 to 10.4, and Portal for ArcGIS within ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 and newer.
Portal for ArcGIS 10.2.x: Supports unsecured content only. Does not support signing in to Manager using Portal for ArcGIS accounts or securing sites using Portal for ArcGIS.
