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 11 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
Windows Server 2016 (x64)
Windows Server 2019 (x64)
Windows Server 2022 (x64)
Windows Server 2025 (x64)

Microsoft/Azure SQL Server (Express) 2012 or higher
MariaDB 10 LTS only
PostgreSQL 9 or higher
Oracle 11g or higher
Firebird Embedded 3 (local only)
SQLite (local only)

System Requirements for Pathfinder Server

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

Minimum Requirement	Supported OS	Supported Databases
16 GB RAM 2 GB available storage on hard disk	Windows 11 (x64) Windows Server 2022 (x64) Windows Server 2025 (x64) Debian 12 or greater Ubuntu 24.04 or greater Red Hat 9.5	Microsoft/Azure SQL Server (Express) 2012 or higher MariaDB 10 LTS only PostgreSQL 9 or higher Oracle 11g or higher

System Requirements for Pathfinder Agents

Currently Pathfinder Agents can 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) Windows Server 2025 (x64) Debian 12 or greater Ubuntu 24.04 or greater Red Hat 9.5