Before Installation

Clarify these points before you install the server. Each links to the page with the details.

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Which computer runs the server?	A Windows 11 or Ubuntu 24.04 computer that is on whenever people annotate. It needs little computing power; its disks matter more. See Requirements.
Where are the images?	In folders on the server or on a network share mounted on it, or in an S3 bucket (AWS S3, MinIO, SeaweedFS). Folders that the desktop tool used are taken over as they are. See Projects and Projects in S3 Buckets.
How do people sign in?	Local accounts managed in the browser, the company directory (Active Directory / LDAP), single sign-on (OpenID Connect) or a combination. Keep at least one local administrator. See Sign-in Methods.
HTTPS?	On by default, with a self-signed certificate that browsers warn about until it is trusted. Decide whether to use a certificate of your company’s CA instead, or a reverse proxy with TLS. See HTTPS.
Box suggestions?	Needs a computer with a GPU for the box suggestion service, and your trained networks. Can be added later. See Box Suggestion Service.
Backups?	The server backs up its database and configuration automatically. The images and annotation files are backed up with the folders themselves. See Backup and Restore.

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Which computer runs the server?

A Windows 11 or Ubuntu 24.04 computer that is on whenever people annotate. It needs little computing power; its disks matter more. See Requirements.

Where are the images?

In folders on the server or on a network share mounted on it, or in an S3 bucket (AWS S3, MinIO, SeaweedFS). Folders that the desktop tool used are taken over as they are. See Projects and Projects in S3 Buckets.

How do people sign in?

Local accounts managed in the browser, the company directory (Active Directory / LDAP), single sign-on (OpenID Connect) or a combination. Keep at least one local administrator. See Sign-in Methods.

HTTPS?

On by default, with a self-signed certificate that browsers warn about until it is trusted. Decide whether to use a certificate of your company’s CA instead, or a reverse proxy with TLS. See HTTPS.

Box suggestions?

Needs a computer with a GPU for the box suggestion service, and your trained networks. Can be added later. See Box Suggestion Service.

Backups?

The server backs up its database and configuration automatically. The images and annotation files are backed up with the folders themselves. See Backup and Restore.

What you need

The release archive LumiScanAnnotationWeb-<version>-win64.zip (Windows), or the Linux build, from HD Vision Systems.
Administrator rights on the server computer.
For the directory: the address of a domain controller and a read-only service account. For single sign-on: a client registered at the identity provider.