SkyWin One

What’s this?

SkyWin® One is the latest and greatest version for administrating your dropzone. It will eventually replace our legacy Windows-client ("SkyWin").

(If you previously used the "SkyWin API component" — you need to manually convert your API calls, see this documentation)

SkyWin® One is installed in parallel with the legacy client SkyWin (Windows) and complements it with features such as API, web-client for jump queue and more. See the complete list of functions available in SkyWin® One.

What are you waiting for? Install it today!
Before installation you can submit a copy of your existing database and we will validate that it will work smoothly with SkyWin® One.

Guide for installing on Ubuntu

If this is your first time installing Linux and/or the products listed below, see our Ubuntu installation guide.

Prerequisites

  • MySQL — SkyWin® One only works with MySQL databases. We can easily help convert your SkyWin® database if you are still on MS Access.
  • A web server such as Tomcat (currently developing and verifying with Tomcat 10.1.52, 2026-04-01)
  • Java Runtime version 21 or above (currently developing and verifying with Java 21.0.10, 2026-04-01)
  • Minimum Java heap (memory) 1 GB — developed and verified with: -Xms512M -Xmx1024M

Configuration

  1. Set two system variables on the server running SkyWin® One:

    • SKYWIN_CONFIG_DIR — directory where the configuration file lives. The user running SkyWin® One must have read access here.
      E.g. SKYWIN_CONFIG_DIR=/opt/skywin/config
    • SKYWIN_LOG_DIR — directory where SkyWin® One writes log files. The user running the service must have write access here.
      E.g. SKYWIN_LOG_DIR=/var/log/skywin

  2. Place a file named skywinone.properties in the configuration directory (SKYWIN_CONFIG_DIR). Use this example file as a starting point.

  3. The database must be up to date — requires SkyWin® 21.2.0 or above.

  4. Run the script SkyWinOne_tables.sql once to add the required tables to the database.

Installation

Make sure all installations according to the prerequisites above are working.

Deploy the downloaded file skywinone.war in Tomcat (or equivalent).

Open <your server address>:8080/ in your browser and verify the application starts.

First time actions:

  • Click Log in in the Administration menu
  • Use Username admin and Password skywinone+123, then click Login — change the admin password as soon as possible via the Administration menu
  • Click Administration | Users in the menu
  • Create a user for the API: set Username and Password, mark the role ROLE_API, click Create. Then click Edit, select Locked for login, and click Update.
  • Browse the API endpoints: click Status in the menu and filter by typing api/v1