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Pathfinder Server Manual

Overview

Pathfinder Server functions as an interface for the Pathfinder Mobile, Discovery Agents and the REST APIs, to communicate with Pathfinder Client. The following documentation will help you set up and administer Pathfinder Server.

System Requirements

Currently Pathfinder Server can only be installed on Microsoft Windows systems and some Linux Distributions. It is possible to install Pathfinder Server on a desktop system (Windows 10), however, we recommend a Server edition of Windows to run Pathfinder Server.

Hardware

Software

Supported databases

  • 8 GB RAM

  • 500 MB available storage on hard disk

  • Windows 10 (x64)

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)

  • Windows Server 2016 (x64)

  • Windows Server 2019 (x64)

  • Debian 11 or greater 

  • Ubuntu 20.04 or greater 

  • Red Hat 8 or Centos 8

Please make sure that the database server can be accessed from the machine you install Pathfinder Server on

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and above

  • MariaDB 10.2.4 and above

  • PostgreSQL 9.4 and above

  • Microsoft Azure (MS SQL) 2008 and above

  • Firebird 3.0

  • Oracle 11g and above

It is important to have the Pathfinder Client connected and running on the same database that you want the server to connect to. Check out the documentation on installing Pathfinder first if you haven’t already.

Server Installation: Windows

Learn about how to get started with the Pathfinder Server installation.

REST API

The new interface allows you to access Pathfinder data quickly and efficiently. An extensive library of function calls is available for this as well.

Learn all about the REST API →

Discovery

The discovery module allows you to access data from your network quickly and efficiently. It deploys SNMP remote agents on separate subnets of the network orchestrated through the SNMP manager.

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Need help?

Send us an email: support@pathfinder.de or give us a call: +49 30 81459370

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