Integration

A minimal setup of a productive Axon Ivy Engine environment only requires the Axon Ivy Engine itself and a database management system to hold the system database. But to increase security, performance and reliability, other services have to be installed and integrated additionally.


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  • Reverse Proxy: To increase security, users should always access the Axon Ivy Engine via a reverse proxy like NGINX, Apache HTTP Server or Microsoft IIS.

  • User Management: Users can be imported from an external user management system like Microsoft Active Directory or Novell eDirectory.

  • Cluster: For scalability, to increase performance and provide high availability, you can cluster the Axon Ivy Engine.

  • Elasticsearch: An Elasticsearch server is bundled with the Axon Ivy Engine. For systems with high loads, consider to install the Elasticsearch Server on a dedicated node, or even to run an Elasticsearch cluster.

  • System Database: The Axon Ivy Engine needs a relational database management system to store its workflow data. The Axon Ivy engine stores its data in the system database. It is a SQL database hosted on one of the supported Database Management Systems.