Technical Architecture
Asset Bank runs on Tomcat (or, in theory any J2EE-compliant application server), so it requires Java (JDK). It can be installed on a Windows, Linux or Unix server. All users need to access it is a web browser, including admin users.
Tomcat contains a built-in HTTP server, and so can be configured to listen at port 80 – or you can install a web server such as Apache or IIS.
If you intend to install Asset Bank on a server that already runs a web server, e.g. for other applications or intranets, then you can configure your existing web server to work with Tomcat.
Asset Bank stores asset files on a hard-disk and metadata in a relational database. The files are stored in a ‘repository’ directory, which does not necessarily have to be on the same server as Asset Bank (although of course Asset Bank needs to be able to read from it and write to it).
Asset Bank will work with any one of the following databases: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle. If you don’t already have a license for SQL Server or Oracle then we would recommend MySQL as it’s free. The database does not necessarily need to be installed on the same server as Asset Bank – the application connects to the database via a port.
Asset Bank can be configured to integrate with Active Directory so that users can log in using their Windows usernames/passwords. To do this it needs to be able to access AD’s LDAP server via HTTP or HTTPS.
Asset Bank licensing is on a per server basis: the software imposes no restriction on the number of users or stored assets.
The best way to see what Asset bank has to offer is to see it in action! Give it a try!
