Support Matrix Micro Focus ALM Octane
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Installation,
setup, and synchronization
ALM Octane has the following hardware
requirements:
Component |
Type |
Value |
Screen resolutions Resolutions
between the recommended and minimum values are also supported. |
Recommended |
1920 x 1080 |
Minimum supported |
1280 x 720 |
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Production environments Contact
customer support for the most up-to-date benchmark documentation. |
Recommended: 2 ALM
Octane server machines, minimum Minimum: 1 ALM
Octane server machine |
CPU: 4 RAM: 8 GB Heap: Min 4 GB Disk space: At least 500 GB
(network storage recommended) |
1 database server machine |
CPU: 8 RAM: 16 GB |
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Recommended: 3 Elasticsearch server cluster machines Minimum: 1
Elasticsearch server machine |
CPU: 4 and higher RAM: 8 GB |
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1 load balancing component (load
balancer or reverse proxy) to enable cluster |
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Pre-production or test environments (Recommended values) Contact
customer support for the most up-to-date be
benchmark documentation. |
1 ALM Octane server machine |
CPU: 4 RAM: 8 GB Heap: Max 4 GB Disk space: 200 GB |
1 database server machine |
Can be an existing database server. CPU: 8 RAM: 16 GB |
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1 Elasticsearch server machine |
CPU: 4 and higher RAM: 8 GB |
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Virtual machines |
VMware
or any virtual machine is supported, provided it has dedicated resources. |
Note: For performance purposes, we recommend that the
database and ALM Octane server both reside within the same LAN.
ALM Octane has the following software
requirements:
Component |
Type |
Version |
Server operating system |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
6.5 and later, 7.x, 8.x Recommended: 7.x |
CentOS |
6.5 and later, 7.x Recommended: 7.x |
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Suse |
12 with SP1-SP5 Recommended: SP5 |
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Windows |
2016, 2019 Standard and Datacenter editions (Not Hyper-V/Essentials) |
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Browser |
Chrome |
Chrome: The two latest versions Chrome Enterprise |
Edge |
Latest version (Chromium-based only) |
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Firefox |
Firefox: The two latest versions ESR: latest |
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Apple Safari |
The two latest versions |
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JDK |
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Open/Oracle JDK 11 on the ALM Octane
server. Java 11 only. Make sure the latest security updates
are installed on the ALM Octane server at all
times. |
ALM Octane supports the following Database
and Elasticsearch versions:
Component |
Type |
Version |
Database |
Oracle |
12cR2, 18c, 19c Recommended: 19c Standard or Enterprise edition, with
character set AL32UTF8 |
MS SQL Server |
2016, 2017, 2019 Standard or Enterprise edition,
case-insensitive collations only. |
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Elasticsearch (on-premises) |
N/A |
Supported 7.16.2, 7.9.2 Recommended: 7.16.2 |
Installation, setup, and
synchronization
ALM Octane supports the following options:
Component |
Version |
Cloud environments |
· Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Microsoft Azure (including Azure SQL Database) · Any cloud environment which supports the Hardware, Software and
Database definitions listed above. |
LDAP Server |
Active Directory, or any LDAP provider
supporting the LDAP3 protocol |
ALM Octane Synchronizer |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5 and later, 7.x, 8 Recommended: 7.x |
CentOS 6.5 and later, 7.x Recommended: 7.x |
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ALM Octane Synchronizer - Jira synchronization |
Jira 7.2.8 and later Jira Cloud |
Micro Focus Connect |
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Jira Test Management (Jira plug-in) |
7.x, 8.x Recommended: 8.13.1 |
ALM/Quality Center synchronization |
ALM/Quality Center 15.50 and 15.01 (non-SSO mode), 14.02
patch 2 and later, 12.60 patch 1, 12.55, 12.53, 12.50 |
ALM/Quality Center - limited license sharing |
ALM 15.50, 15.01, 12.60, 12.55,
12.53 patch 3, 12.21 patch 6 Quality Center 15.50, 15.01, 12.60, 12.55 patch 1,
12.53 patch 3, 12.21 patch 6 Earlier versions of 12.53 versions
require a hotfix. Note: You
can share up to 15% of your licenses from ALM or Quality Center, or up to 150 licenses,
the lower of the two. |
ALM Octane supports the following CI server
integrations:
Type |
CI Server Version |
Plugin Version |
Jenkins |
2.138.4 and later Latest verified: 2.263.1 |
6.1 and later |
TeamCity |
2019.1.x and later Latest verified: 2020.2 |
1.3.7 and later |
Bamboo |
6.3.1 and later Latest verified: 7.1 |
1.10.2 and later |
Azure DevOps Server Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) |
2015 update 4, 2017, 2018 |
1.4 and later |
Azure DevOps Server Azure DevOps Services - Pipelines |
2019, 2020 |
Technical preview on Azure Marketplace |
GoCD |
20.8 and later |
1.0.7 and later |
GitLab |
GitLab Enterprise Edition 12.6.3 and
later Latest verified: 13.4 |
1.1.63 and later |
Caution: When
working with integrations, configure ALM Octane with a secured TLS (SSL)
connection. For instructions, see ALM Octane Secure
Deployment and Configuration Guidelines.
ALM Octane supports the following
integrations:
Component |
Type |
Value |
Automated testing |
Various testing tools are supported. |
For details on supported tools and
versions, see Supported Integrations on the Application Automation Tools site. |
Performance testing |
LoadRunner Enterprise |
12.63 |
Project Portfolio Management |
Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) |
9.63 |
Manual testing |
Sprinter |
15.0.1 |
Micro Focus QoT (Quality of Things) |
2.6 and later |
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IDE plugins Prerequisite: JavaFX installed |
IntelliJ IDEA |
2017.1 and later On the following operating systems:
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Eclipse |
2018-09 and later On the following operating systems:
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Microsoft Visual Studio |
2017 and 2019 All editions: Community, Professional,
and Enterprise |
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OData |
N/A |
4.0 Any tool that supports OData version
4.0 is likely to work well with ALM Octane. ALM Octane OData support has been
tested with Power BI and Excel. For OData version 4.0 support,
download and install the Microsoft Power Query for Excel
add-in. |
Code coverage reports |
SonarQube |
7.2 and later |
Business Driven Development (BDD) |
Cucumber-jvm |
4.2-4.8.1 and 1.2 |
JBehave |
4.7 (Gherkin syntax only) |