Cytomine server is a complete environment with several components (databases, image servers, web server, machine learning algorithms). It is therefore recommended to install it on a dedicated computer to run smoothly.
However, it is possible to install and test it on a regular desktop or laptop computer e.g. for small to medium-scale studies or for developmental testing. It requires a Linux-based operating system (we recommend Ubuntu 14.04).
Because the installation procedure downloads gigabytes of data (sources, binaries, toy data), it is recommended to use a fast internet connection.
Once Cytomine server is installed, one can access it through a modern web browser or through the Restful API or Python or Java clients.
Server
Configuration for 1 server
| Minimum Some users at the same time and some data | Recommended More users at the same time and more data | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8 core 64 bits | 16 core 64 bits | Cytomine is a set of multithread servers/tools. If you want to support more users, you need to have more cores. |
| MEMORY | 8 | 16 | If you want to store a lot of data or if you have a lot of users, you will need a larger amount of memory. |
| Disk | HDD 100GO | HDD with more than 2TO | On average, 1 image = 1GO and data for 1 image = 50MB (annotations, activities,...). This does not include backup space! 20G for the Cytomine Docker installation |
| OS | Ubuntu / Debian/ CentOS | Ubuntu / Debian/ CentOS | Docker needs to be installed Port 80 needs to be opened (by default, it's open) You need to have root (sudo) access to the server. |
| DNS | 1 domain |
More than 1 server
The full Cytomine env contains:
| CPU | Memory | Disk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core server |  | | |
| IMS server / IIP servers | | | |
| PostgreSQL | | | |
| MongoDB | | | |
| Retrieval server | | | |
If you have multiple servers, you can split environment like that:
| Server 1 | Server 2 | Server 3 | Server 4 | Server 5 | Server 6 | Server 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 server | All | ||||||
| 2 servers | Core | IMS IIP | |||||
| 3 servers | Core PostgreSQL MongoDB | IMS IIP | Retrieval Software_router | ||||
| 4 servers | Core | IMS IIP | Retrieval Software_router | PostgreSQL MongoDB | |||
| 5 servers | Core | IMS IIP | Retrieval | PostgreSQL MongoDB | Software_router | ||
| 6 servers | Core | IMS 1 IIP 1 | IMS 2 IIP 2 | Retrieval | PostgreSQL MongoDB | Software_router | |
| >= 7 servers | Core | IMS 1 IIP 1 | IMS N IIP N | Retrieval | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | Software_router |
Client
Supported browser:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
- IE >= 9 (but no upload)