Support Matrix Micro Focus ALM Octane
Software Version 16.0.200
ALM Octane has the following hardware requirements:
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Component |
Type |
Value |
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Screen resolutions Resolutions between the recommended and minimum values
are also supported. |
Recommended |
1920
x 1080 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |
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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:
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Component |
Type |
Version |
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Server operating system |
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
6.5 and
later, 7.x, 8.x Recommended:
7.x |
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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
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Chrome: The
two latest versions Chrome
Enterprise |
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Edge |
Latest version (Chromium-based only) |
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Firefox
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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. 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:
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Component |
Type |
Version |
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Database |
Oracle |
12cR2,
18c, 19c Recommended: 19c Standard
or Enterprise edition, with character set AL32UTF8 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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CentOS 6.5 and later, 7.x Recommended: 7.x |
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ALM Octane Synchronizer -ALM/Quality
Center synchronization |
ALM/Quality
Center 16.0 , 15.50 and 15.01 (non-SSO mode), 14.02 patch 2 and later,
12.60 patch 1, 12.55, 12.53, 12.50, 15.5.1 P2 RC1 |
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ALM Octane Synchronizer - Jira synchronization |
Jira Server 7.2.8 and later Recommended: 8.13 Jira Cloud |
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Micro Focus Connect |
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Jira Test Management (Jira plug-in) |
7.x, 8.x Recommended: 8.19.1 |
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ALM/Quality Center - limited license sharing |
16.0,
15.50, 15.01, 12.60, 12.55, 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 |
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Jenkins |
2.138.4
and later Latest
verified: 2.263.1 |
6.1
and later Latest
verified: 7.0.7 |
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TeamCity |
2019.1.x and later Latest verified: 2020.2 |
1.3.7 and later Latest verified: 1.4 |
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Bamboo |
6.3.1
and later Latest
verified: 7.1 |
1.10.2
and later Latest
verified: 1.12.6 |
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Azure DevOps Server Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) |
2015 update 4, 2017, 2018 |
1.4 and later |
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Azure DevOps Server Azure DevOps Services - Pipelines |
2019,
2020 |
Technical
preview on Azure Marketplace |
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GoCD |
20.8 and later |
1.0.7 and later Latest verified: 1.0.8 |
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GitLab |
GitLab
Enterprise Edition 12.6.3 and later Latest
verified: 13.4 |
1.1.63
and later Latest
verified: 1.1.116 |
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:
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Component |
Type |
Value |
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Automated testing |
Various testing tools
are supported. |
For details on
supported tools and versions, see Supported Integrations on
the Application Automation Tools site. |
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Performance testing |
LoadRunner
Enterprise |
12.63 |
|
Project Portfolio Management |
Project and Portfolio
Management (PPM) |
9.66 |
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Manual testing |
Sprinter |
102021
R1 and later |
|
Micro Focus QoT
(Quality of Things) |
2.7 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.
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Code coverage reports |
SonarQube |
7.2 and later |
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Security integrations |
FOD (Fortify On
Demand) |
6.1.0 |
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Microsoft teams |
N/A |
The two
latest versions |
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Business Driven Development
(BDD) |
Cucumber-jvm |
4.2-4.8.1 and 1.2 |
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JBehave |
4.7
(Gherkin syntax only) |