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  • README
  • Getting started
    • Basic Concepts
    • Installation
    • Explore Snow Owl
      • Check Health
      • List available Code Systems
      • SNOMED CT
      • Import RF2 distribution
      • Search SNOMED CT
      • Create a Concept
      • Version SNOMED CT
      • Export SNOMED CT
    • Conclusion
  • Set up Snow Owl
    • Installing Snow Owl
      • Installing Snow Owl with .zip or .tar.gz
      • Installing Snow Owl with RPM
      • Installing Snow Owl with Debian Package
      • Installing Snow Owl with Docker
    • Configuring Snow Owl
      • Setting JVM options
      • Logging configuration
      • Elasticsearch configuration
    • Important Snow Owl configuration
    • Important System configuration
      • Disable swapping
      • File descriptors
      • Virtual memory
      • Number of threads
      • Tweaking for performance
    • Starting Snow Owl
    • Stopping Snow Owl
    • Configuring security
      • Configuring a file realm
      • Configuring an LDAP realm
    • Configuring monitoring
    • Configuration reference
  • Extension Management
    • Extensions and Snow Owl
    • Scenarios
      • Single Edition
      • Single Extension Authoring
      • Multi Extension Authoring
    • Development
    • Releases
    • Upgrading
    • Integrations
  • API
    • Core API
    • SNOMED CT API
      • Branching
      • Compare
      • Commits
      • Concepts
      • Descriptions
      • Relationships
      • Reference Sets
      • Classification
      • Importing RF2
      • Exporting RF2
    • CIS API
    • FHIR API
      • CodeSystem
      • ValueSet
      • ConceptMap
  • Backup and Restore
    • Curator
  • Migrate from 7.x
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Set up Snow Owl

This section includes information on how to setup Snow Owl and get it running, including:

  • Downloading

  • Installing

  • Starting

  • Configuring

Java (JVM) Version

Snow Owl is built using Java, and requires at least Java 11 in order to run. Only Oracle’s Java and the OpenJDK are supported. The same JVM version should be used on all Snow Owl nodes and clients.

We recommend installing Java version 11.0.x or a later version in the Java 11 release series. We recommend using a supported LTS version of Java.

The version of Java that Snow Owl will use can be configured by setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable.

Last updated 3 years ago