Support Matrix Micro Focus ALM Octane
Software Version 16.1.200
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 |
||
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 in 16.1.200 |
Server operating system |
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
7.9,
8.x, 9.x Recommended: 8.7 |
Suse |
12
with SP1-SP5, 15 with SP1-SP4 Recommended: 15
SP4 |
|
Open Suse |
15.4 |
|
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: 7.16.2, 7.17.x Recommended: 7.17.8 |
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. |
Docker |
Take latest Docker image for 16.1.200 https://hub.docker.com/r/lifecyclemanagement/octane/tags |
LDAP Server |
Active
Directory, or any LDAP provider supporting the LDAP3 protocol |
Micro Focus Connect (Recommended) |
|
ALM Octane Legacy Synchronizer |
ALM
Octane and ValueEdge 16.1.100 was the final release of ALM Octane Legacy Synchronizer. See support matrix for version 16.1.100 for more
details |
Jira Test Management (Jira
plug-in) |
Jira Cloud Tested with: ·
Jira Cloud
Plugin 2023.0.0 ·
Jira Server
Plugin 2022.0.3 |
Jira Server 7.x, 8.x, 9.x Recommended:
9.5.0 |
|
ALM/Quality Center - limited license sharing |
17.0, 16.01, 16.0,
15.5.x, 15.0.1 Recommended:
17.x 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: 2.375.1 |
6.1
and later Latest
verified: 7.6 |
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: 1.12.13 |
Azure DevOps Server and Azure DevOps Services - Pipelines |
2020,
2022 |
1.0 Latest
verified: 0.4.2.38 |
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: 13.5.3 |
1.1.125
and later Latest
verified: 1.1.130 |
GitHub |
GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.7 and GitHub Free, Pro,
&Team |
1.0 |
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) |
2023 |
Manual testing |
Sprinter |
102021
R1 and later |
Micro
Focus QoT (Quality of Things) |
2.9 |
|
IDE plugins Prerequisite: JavaFX installed |
IntelliJ IDEA |
2017.1
and later On
the following operating systems:
Recommended:
2023.0.0 |
Eclipse |
2018-09
and later On
the following operating systems:
Recommended: 2022.0.0 |
|
Microsoft
Visual Studio |
2017,2019
and 2022 All
editions: Community, Professional, and Enterprise Recommended: 2022.0.0 |
|
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:
8.9.10 |
Security integrations |
SonarQube |
7.2
and later Recommended:
8.9.10 |
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) |
Visit
the Product Support Lifecycle table for release details and dates.
The
Product Support Lifecycle policy defines the level of support Micro Focus
provides for each product version.