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On-Premise (Self-Managed) Workflow Management Software

Jonathan D. Rhyne
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On-Premise Workflow Software Is Still Needed

Nutrient Workflow’s On-Premise (Self-Manged) workflow automation software option gives you the full functionality of Nutrient Workflow on your servers or private cloud. Nutrient Workflow customers can seamlessly integrate workflow and business process management into their existing on-premises environments by installing a server license in less than an hour.

A corporate policy may require installing Nutrient Workflow on your servers, or you may also want to integrate with existing internal applications, like Active Directory, for user management. Not a problem. Many Nutrient Workflow customers have successfully deployed Nutrient Workflow’s self-managed solution if you prefer installing it locally or in your cloud environment.

Our self-managed server licenses are fully backed by the same subscription contracts as our cloud option. We have configuration options available for Named, Concurrent, or Unlimited Users.

Why You’d Want Your Software on Your Servers or Cloud

You might choose to install our software on your premises if you must integrate with systems that cannot be exposed to the Internet or your corporate policy requires that your data reside within your company’s firewalls. Integration with Active Directory is also available with the On-premises option. This option requires internal IT resources to install, configure, and maintain the app server(s). Hardware or virtual hardware is required to run the system. 

Several factors will be involved in the actual size of your specific Nutrient Workflow installation:

  • Number of concurrent users (impact: application server traffic and database concurrent connections)

  • The volume of requests (impact: database connections, size of database)

  • Size and complexity of individual processes (impact: database size)

  • Size of attachments attached to requests (impact: application server disk space)

However, the primary factors in sizing will be the number of concurrent users/transactions and the process size (i.e., number of tasks/complexity). The larger the process and the larger the number of requests for that process translates into more processing required on the application server and the database server.

Requirements for Installing Nutrient Workflow’s Self-Managed Solution

Note: You can view the full requirements on our Help site.

  • Windows 2008 R2 Server, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2016 Server, or 2019 (any edition)

  • IIS 7+: The minimum IIS feature configuration needed is below.
     

    • Web Server (IIS)

      • Web Server

        • Common HTTP Features

          • Default Document

          • Directory Browsing

          • HTTP Errors

          • Static Content

        • Security

          • Request Filtering

          • Basic Authentication

        • Application Development

          • .NET Extensibility

          • .NET 4.x

          • ISAPI Extensions

          • ISAPI Filters

Interested in Automating Your Workflow with an On-Prem Solution?

We have a variety of resources to help you on your journey to an automated workflow.

Author
Jonathan D. Rhyne Co-Founder and CEO

Jonathan joined PSPDFKit in 2014. As CEO, Jonathan defines the company’s vision and strategic goals, bolsters the team culture, and steers product direction. When he’s not working, he enjoys being a dad, photography, and soccer.

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