System Overview and Requirements

The System Overview page for Pathfinder Server provides a high-level architecture and functional summary of the Server within the Pathfinder Suite.

Pathfinder Server acts as the central bridge between various components:

Pathfinder Client
Mobile App
Discovery Agents
REST API

All these interfaces connect to the shared database, ensuring consistency and synchronization across the suite.

System Architecture

System Requirements for Pathfinder Client

Currently Pathfinder Client can only be installed on Microsoft Windows systems.

Minimum Requirement

Supported OS

Supported Databases

8 GB RAM

500 MB available storage on hard disk

Windows 10 (x86 and x64)
Windows 11 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
Windows Server 2016 (x64)
Windows Server 2019 (x64)
Windows Server 2022 (x64)

Oracle 11 or higher
Microsoft SQL Server (Express) 2008 or higher
MariaDB 10.4.25 or higher (LTS versions only)
PostgreSQL 9 or higher
Firebird Embedded 3 (local only)
SQLite (local only)

System Requirements for Pathfinder Server

Currently Pathfinder Server can only be installed on Microsoft Windows systems and some Linux Distributions.

Minimum Requirement	Supported OS	Supported Databases
8 GB RAM 500 MB available storage on hard disk	Windows 11 (x64) Windows Server 2022 (x64) Debian 12 or greater Ubuntu 24.04 or greater Red Hat 9.5	Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and above MariaDB 10.2.4 and above PostgreSQL 9.4 and above Microsoft Azure (MS SQL) 2008 and above Oracle 11g and above

System Requirements for Pathfinder Agents

Currently Pathfinder agents can only be installed on Microsoft Windows systems and some Linux Distributions.

Minimum Requirement	Supported OS
4 GB RAM for Windows 2 GB RAM for Linux 200 MB available storage on hard disk	Windows 11 (x64) Windows Server 2022 (x64) Debian 12 or greater Ubuntu 24.04 or greater Red Hat 9.5