Welcome to Authentic Server
Altova Authentic Server is a high-performance server product that brings Authentic's WYSIWYG XML content authoring and document editing to users, directly in the browser they already use.
Authentic Server runs on Windows and Linux machines.
When viewing the Help that is delivered with your Altova product in Google's Chrome browser, you might find (i) that you cannot collapse the expanded TOC in the left-hand frame, and (ii) that image miniatures cannot be expanded to full-size images by clicking on the miniature. These limitations occur because of the Same-Origin Policy (SOP) restrictions that Chrome applies. If you face these restrictions, you have the following options:
•Disable Chrome's SOP. You can do this by opening Chrome from the command line with the argument --disable-web-security. (If, after starting Chrome with web security disabled, you close the browser and restart it normally (that is, without the argument), then it will restart with web security enabled.) Note, however, that using this argument will disable the browser's web security and thereby compromise your organization's security. So this is a risky workaround, and we do not recommend it. It is better to go with one of the next two options. •Use a browser with a SOP that allows (i) the collapsing and expanding of TOC items, and (ii) the expanding of image miniatures. For example, Firefox. •Use Chrome with these SOP restriction. The Help's functionality is not affected in any other way besides the restrictions mentioned above.
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This documentation
This documentation is organized into the following sections:
•An overview about how Authentic Server broadly works.
•Installation and licensing of Authentic Server.
•How to work with Authentic Server in the browser, from navigating the interface to working with Authentic Editor.
•Description of the command line interface (CLI) and its commands.
•A reference section with useful information.
Last updated: 27 October 2026