Executive Summary

Owned by Jenni Wallin
Last updated: Jun 05, 2024 by Yeok Hong Ng (Deactivated)
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8.3 contains new and contains new and enhanced functionality. Highlights include:

  • An Apache Parquet file format decoder and encoder.
  • SQL storage with PostgreSQL and SAP HANA for storing Aggregation sessions for Batch workflows.
  • SAP HANA support for SAP CC Batch agent for Batch workflows.
  • BLOB and CLOB support added for APL Database Functions.
  • Support for using internal database with External Reference. 
  • Updating agents to support Netty 4
  • Other improvements including better certificate management for REST agents and propagating original data for Web Services response and param.

Operating Systems 

The Platform Container and Execution Containers require any of the following Operating Systems:

  • Any Linux distribution that is intended to be a downstream, complete binary-compatible release using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system source code.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x/8.x on x86/x86-64

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.x/15.x on x86/x86-64

  • Ubuntu Server 16.04/18.04 on x86/x86-64

Java Version

This information does not apply to a containerized deployment of MediationZone.

Oracle JDK 8 or OpenJDK 8 must be installed on the server running Platform Container and Execution Containers.

If you want to use the Web Desktop, Java version 1.8.0_312 or later is required.

This release has been tested on both OpenJDK and latest released version of Java. For information on how to change the Java version on an existing installation, see /wiki/spaces/MD82/pages/3768651, in the Installation Instructions.

Databases

This information does not apply to a containerized deployment of MediationZone. See the relevant user documentation for the other deployment options, in the respective Preparations sections.

The following database types are supported:

  • Derby
  • Oracle Database 12.1, 12.2.0.2(Oracle 18c) and 12.2.0.3(Oracle 19c)
  • PostgreSQL 10 or newer
  • SAP HANA 2.0 (multiple-container database mode)

Other Third Party Software

The following software is optional or is required by optional components:

  • For Couchbase Enterprise Edition support, see the /wiki/spaces/3PP/pages/1671475.
  • Cloudera Distribution Hadoop 6.3.x or Cloudera Data Platform 7.1.x (Data Hub agent)
  • Elasticsearch version 6.2.1 (storage for Aggregation)
  • Grafana 7.5.5 or newer (visualization tool for System Insight)
  • InfluxDB 1.2.0 (storage for System Insight)
  • Kafka version 0.8-2.4.1
  • MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition with NDB version 7.5.x, 7.6.x and 8.0.x
    • MySQL Cluster CGE version 8 is supported only for PCC functionality
    • All other uses of MySQL Database, MZ supports version 5.x
  • Python 2*) or Python 3*) (required by Python agents) 
  • Redis Labs Enterprise Cluster 4.4.2 (storage for Aggregation, Distributed Storage, and PCC)
  • ElastiCache (Redis service in AWS) (storage for PCC)

*) Versions that have not reached end-of-life. For further information, see https://devguide.python.org/#status-of-python-branches.

Desktop and Desktop Launcher

The following OS and third-party software are required by the Desktop and the Desktop Launcher:

  • Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.
  • Java Platform Standard Edition (JRE) 8 is required.

Web Browsers

For web based interfaces, it is recommended that you use the latest available versions of the following web browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge