Support Matrix Micro Focus ALM Octane
Software Version 16.0.400
In this topic:
Installation, setup, and synchronization
Hardware
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
1
Elasticsearch server machine |
CPU: 4
and higher RAM: 8
GB |
|
|
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.
Software
ALM Octane has the following software requirements:
|
Component |
Type |
Supported
|
|
Server
operating system |
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
6.5
and later, 7.x, 8.x Recommended: 7.9 |
|
Suse |
12 with SP1-SP5, 15 Recommended: 12 with SP5 |
|
|
Open
Suse |
15.x Recommended: 15.3 |
|
|
Windows |
2012 R2, 2016, 2019 Standard and Datacenter
editions (Not Hyper-V/Essentials) |
|
|
Browser |
Chrome
|
Chrome: The
two latest versions Chrome
Enterprise |
|
Edge |
Latest version (Chromium-based only) |
|
|
Firefox
|
Firefox: The
two latest versions ESR:
latest |
|
|
Apple Safari |
The two latest versions Note: This
release is going to be the last version to support Safari |
|
|
JDK |
|
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. |
Database and Elasticsearch
ALM Octane supports the following Database and Elasticsearch versions:
|
Component |
Type |
Supported
|
|
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. |
|
|
Elasticsearch (on-premises) |
N/A |
Supported 7.9.2 ,7.16.2 Recommended: 7.16.2 |
Installation, setup, and synchronization
ALM Octane supports the following options:
|
Component |
Supported
|
|
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 |
|
Micro Focus Connect (Recommended) |
|
|
ALM Octane Legacy Synchronizer |
Micro
Focus Connect is the designated synchronization solution
for ALM Octane going forward, for which additional functionality is likely to
be added. |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5
and later, 7.x, 8 Recommended: 7.x |
|
|
Synchronization with ALM/Quality Center 16.0.1, 16.0, 15.50, ALM 15.0.1 Patch 5 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 |
|
|
Jira Cloud Jira Server 7.2.8 - 8.21.0 Recommended: 8.20.x |
|
|
Jira Test Management
(Jira plug-in) |
Jira Cloud |
|
7.x, 8.x Recommended: 8.21.0 |
|
|
ALM/Quality Center -
limited license sharing |
16.01,16.0, 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. |
CI server integrations
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 Latest
verified: 7.3 |
|
TeamCity |
2019.1.x and later Latest verified: 2020.2 |
1.3.7 and later Latest verified: 1.4.3 |
|
Bamboo |
6.3.1
and later Latest
verified: 7.1 |
1.10.2
and later Latest
verified: 1.12.8 |
|
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 |
0.2.6.0 Technical
preview on Azure Marketplace |
|
GoCD |
20.8 and later |
1.0.7 and later Latest verified: 1.0.9 |
|
PulseUno |
21.1
and later |
No
Plugin Required – Functionality is core part of PulseUno |
|
GitLab |
GitLab Enterprise Edition 12.6.3 and later Latest verified: 13.4 |
1.1.125 and later Latest verified: 1.1.127 |
Integrations
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 |
Supported
|
|
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 |
16.0 |
|
Project Portfolio Management |
Project
and Portfolio Management (PPM) |
10.0 |
|
Manual testing |
Sprinter |
102021 R1 and later |
|
Micro
Focus QoT (Quality of Things) |
2.7 |
|
|
IDE plugins Prerequisite: JavaFX installed |
IntelliJ IDEA |
2017.1 and later On the following operating systems:
Recommended: 2021.3.3 |
|
Eclipse |
2018-09
and later On
the following operating systems:
Recommended: 2022-03
(4.23.0) |
|
|
Microsoft Visual Studio |
2017 and 2019 All editions: Community, Professional, and
Enterprise Recommended: 2019 (Version 16.11.11) |
|
|
Visual
studio Code |
1.63.2
and later |
|
|
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 |
|
Security integrations |
SonarQube |
7.2 and later |
|
Fortify
SSC |
21.1.36
and later |
|
|
FOD (Fortify On Demand) |
20.1 |
|
|
Microsoft
teams |
|
Latest |
|
Behaviour Driven Development
(BDD) Using bdd2octane |
Cucumber-jvm |
2.0.0 - 7.0.0 |
|
cucumber-js |
4.2.1,
5.1.0, 6.0.5, 7.3.0 |
|
|
php-behat |
3.8.1 |
|
|
python-radish |
0.13.2,
0.13.4 |
|
|
python-behave |
1.2.5, 1.2.6 |
|
|
cucumber-ruby |
4.0.0, 5.0.0, 6.0.0, 7.0.0 |
|
|
Cucumber-jvm (Legacy) |
4.2-4.8.1 and 1.2 |
|
|
JBehave (Legacy) |
4.7
(Gherkin syntax only) |