Support Matrix Micro Focus ALM Octane
Software Version 16.1.100
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 |
|
|
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) |
7.9,
8.x Recommended: 8.6 |
|
Suse |
12 with SP1-SP5, 15 with SP1-SP3 Recommended: 15 SP3 |
|
|
Open
Suse |
15.3 Recommended: 15.3 |
|
|
Windows |
2016, 2019, 2022 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 |
|
|
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 |
This release of ALM Octane
and ValueEdge is the final release of ALM Octane Legacy Synchronizer. No new versions of Synchronizer will be
published, but the tool will be supported until the next LTP release in 2023.
Going forward, Micro Focus Connect is the designated synchronization solution
for ALM Octane and ValueEdge, for which additional functionality is likely to
be added. There is a migration process available from Synchronizer to Micro
Focus Connect. Please contact the Go Octane team for further
details and migration assistance. |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.9,
8.x Recommended: 8.6 |
|
|
Synchronization with ALM/QualityCenter 17.0,
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, 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 Tested with: ·
Jira Cloud Plugin 2022.0.0 ·
Jira Onprem Plugin v1.1.0.0 |
|
Jira
Server 7.x, 8.x, 9.x Recommended: 9.2 |
|
|
ALM/Quality Center -
limited license sharing |
17.0, 16.01,16.0, 15.5.x, 15.0.1 Recommended: 16.0.1 Patch01 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: 7.4 |
|
TeamCity |
2019.1.x and later Latest verified: 2021.2.3 |
1.3.7 and later Latest verified: 1.4.6 |
|
Bamboo |
6.3.1
and later Latest
verified: 8.2.4 |
1.10.2
and later Latest
verified: 1.12.12 |
|
Azure DevOps Server [Old] Microsoft Team Foundation
Server (TFS) |
2015 update 4, 2017, 2018 |
1.4 and later This release of ALM Octane and ValueEdge is the
final release of Azure DevOps Server [Old] and Microsoft Team Foundation
Server (TFS) plugin, and will be replaced by the Azure DevOps Server [New]
and Azure DevOps Services – Pipelines plugin (see details below) |
|
Azure DevOps Server [New] and Azure DevOps Services - Pipelines |
2019,
2020 |
0.2.6.0 |
|
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: 13.5 |
1.1.125 and later Latest verified: 1.1.129 and 1.1.130SNAPSHOT |
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 |
2022 R2 |
|
Project Portfolio Management |
Project
and Portfolio Management (PPM) |
10.0 |
|
Manual
testing |
Sprinter |
102021 R1 and later |
|
Micro
Focus QoT (Quality of Things) |
2.8 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Microsoft Visual Studio |
2017,2019 and 2022 All editions: Community, Professional, and
Enterprise Recommended: 2022 |
|
|
Microsoft
Visual studio Code |
16.0.301
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 Recommended:
8.9.9 |
|
Security integrations |
SonarQube |
7.2 and later Recommended: 8.9.9 |
|
Fortify SSC |
21.1.36 and later |
|
|
FOD (Fortify On Demand) |
22.2 |
|
|
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) |
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release details and dates.
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defines the level of support Micro Focus provides for each product version.