Supported and required environments
This topic provides the details about the necessary system requirements.
Hardware
| Component | Type | Value |
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Screen resolutions Screen 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 be 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 |
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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. | |
Note: For performance purposes, we recommend that the database and ALM Octane server both reside within the same LAN.
Software
Database and Elasticsearch
| Component | Type | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Database | Oracle |
12cR2, 18c, 19c Recommended: 19c Standard or Enterprise edition, with character set AL32UTF8 |
| SQL Server |
2016, 2017, 2019 Standard or Enterprise edition, case-insensitive collations only. |
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Elasticsearch (on-premises) |
N/A |
6.8.x, 7.6.x, 7.9.1 Recommended: 7.9.1 |
Integrations
For details on the following integrations, see ALM Octane integrations overview.
Caution: When working with integrations, configure ALM Octane with a secured TLS (SSL) connection. For instructions, review knowledge base article KM02707977.
Legal disclaimer
Micro Focus encourages the customer to ensure secure configurations and proper hardening of integrated tools, which are not provided by Micro Focus. By not implementing secure configurations and proper hardening of the integrated tools, you may exposing the system to increased security risks. You understand and agree to assume all associated risks and hold Micro Focus harmless for the same. It remains at all times the Customer’s sole responsibility to assess its own regulatory and business requirements. Micro Focus does not represent or warrant that its products comply with any specific legal or regulatory standards applicable to Customer in conducting Customer's business.
| Component | Type | Version |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Manual testing | Sprinter | 15.0.1 |
| Micro Focus QoT (Quality of Things) | 2.1 and later | |
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IDE plugins (Prerequisite: JavaFX is 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 |
Installation, setup, and synchronization
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Cloud environments |
Any cloud environment which supports the above mentioned Hardware, Software and Database definitions, including:
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| LDAP Server | Active Directory, or any LDAP provider supporting the LDAP3 protocol |
| ALM Octane Synchronizer |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS 6.5 and later, 7.x, 8 Recommended: 7.x |
| ALM Octane Synchronizer - Jira synchronization |
Jira 7.2.8 and later Jira Cloud |
| Micro Focus Connect |
See Connect Help Center. |
| 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. |
