Recommended server setup for MarvinJS and JChem WS

Hi,

I am currently testing MarvinJS and JChem WS on a test Apache/Tomcat server for export of structures to SMILES etc.

Would you recommend that MarvinJS is hosted on Tomcat along with JChem WS in this scenario?

Or would it be better to host MarvinJS on Apache and JChem WS on Tomcat?

 

Thanks!

 

Hi,

Both would be a good solution, it depends on your preferences.  You should only care about they must be served on same domain for not violating same-origin policy when MarvinJS or your javacript client is calling a web service.

Regards,
Peter 

Thanks for the reply.

 

Our IT people have added a few more (technical!) queries.

 

1) Does webservices have a dependency on Microsoft SQL Server, or is it just an option?

2) Is SQL server a requirement if one is using webservices to convert .mrv to SMILES, or importing the structure from the IUPAC name?

3) We would be running webservices inside a Tomcat container
where the default application is already Cocoon. Is it possible to install webservices as an *additional* service.

 

 

Hi,

1) Database configuration is optional, by default the application creates an embedded Derby database in the chemaxon home directory in the user's home
(https://restdemo.chemaxon.com/docs/installationguide.html)

 2) No database is needed for using any stateless calcualtors, for example convert mrv to smiles:

POST /rest-v0/util/calculate/molExport
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "structure": "..." // the structure in mrv format
  "parameters": "smiles"
}

https://restdemo.chemaxon.com/apidocs

3) It is possible, but I recommend using dedicated instance for not sharing resources.

Regards,
Peter 

Hi Peter,

 

Yet another question from our tech support. In the requirements, it mentions JVM 1.6.0_30 (64bit).

Our server setup uses Java 7 - is this also compatible?

 

Thanks

Tim

 

 

Hi Tim,

Yes it is compatible with Java 7, moreover the recommended version is now Java 8, I will update the documentation soon.

Regards,
Peter