8.2 contains new and contains new and enhanced functionality. Highlights include:
- Integration with Azure and Google Cloud Platform
- Support for 5G 3PP specifications
- New agents available for improved integration via HTTP/2, Email, and Prometheus.
- Available support for secured connection with SAP HANA DB and SAP RFC server.
- DataHub Support for Cloudera CDH 6 and CDP 7.1
- Support for Couchbase 7.0
- Other improvements including support for new storage options and data formats.
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.
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 Appendix B – Java Version Change, 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