System requirements - Prerequisite software

Following table describes the list of prerequisite software for the Product Master.

Application servers

Software Version
WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment
Fix Pack 10
9.0.5.18 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 6
9.0.5 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 6
9.0.5 and future fix packs
WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Fix Pack 8
22.0.0.11 and later
Fix Pack 7
22.0.0.5 and later
Fix Pack 3
20.0.0.12 and later
WebSphere Application Server
Fix Pack 5 - GA
9.0 and future fix packs

Databases

Software Version
Db2® Advanced Enterprise Server Edition 11.1.0 and future fix packs
Db2 Enterprise Server Edition
Fix Pack 11 and later
11.5.9
Important: You need a separate license for the Db2 Enterprise Server Edition 11.5.9 Version.
GA and later
11.5.0 and future fix packs
11.1.0 and future fix packs
Db2 Standard Edition VPC Option 11.5.0.0
Note: Though from IBM® Product Master 12.0 release, only the IBM Db2 Standard Edition VPC Option 11.5.0.0 is packaged with the product, you can continue to use other supported Db2 versions if you have the required entitlement.
Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) Enterprise Edition
(12.2) Standard Edition
Oracle Database 18c (18.3) Enterprise Edition and future fix packs
Oracle Database 19c (19.3) Enterprise Edition and future fix packs
Amazon RDS Oracle RDS 12c Release 2
18c
19c
Hazelcast
Fix Pack 11
5.3.6
Fix Pack 10
5.3.1
Fix Pack 8
4.2.6
Fix Pack 4
9.0 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 3
4.2.4
Fix Pack 1
3.12.5
MongoDB Community Edition
Fix Pack 11
MongoDB 7.0.2
Fix Pack 10
MongoDB 7.0*
Fix Pack 7
MongoDB 4.0.25
Fix Pack 6
MongoDB 4.0.23**
Fix Pack 3
MongoDB 4.0.22
Fix Pack 1
MongoDB 3.4
Note:
  • * Supported by only Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) Server 9.2 and 8.8.
  • ** Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8.4 does not support MongoDB 4.0.23.

Content Search and Analysis

Software Version
OpenSearch
Fix Pack 11
OpenSearch 2.11
Fix Pack 9
OpenSearch 2.6.0
Fix Pack 8
OpenSearch 2.4.1
Fluentd
Fix Pack 12
1.16.5
Fix Pack 11
1.16.4
Remember: Starting from IBM Product Master Fix Pack 8 onwards, Elasticsearch was replaced with OpenSearch due to change in the licensing strategy (no longer open source) by Elastic NV. Thus, you need to install OpenSearch, and run full indexing. For more information, see Installing OpenSearch.

IBM Java Development Kit (JDK)

Software Version
IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition
Fix Pack 10 and later
11.0.17
Indexer and pimcollector service
Fix Pack 12
11.0.23
Fix Pack 8
11
IBM Java™ SDK
Fix Pack 10 and later
8.0.8.15

Runtime environment

Software Version
Open source Perl
Fix Pack 11
5.38.2
Fix Pack 10
5.38.0
Fix Pack 9 and earlier
5.30.1

Web browsers

Software Version
Google Chrome
Fix Pack 12
129.0.6668.70 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 11
125.0.6422.113 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 10
120.0.6099.110 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 9 Interim Fix 1
117.0.5938.63 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 9
115.0.5790.102 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 8
109.0.5414.122 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 7
105.0.5195.127
Fix Pack 6 and earlier
88 and future fix packs
Microsoft Edge Chromium
Fix Pack 12
129.0.2792.65 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 11
125.0.2535.67 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 10
120.0.2210.61 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 9 Interim Fix 1
116.0.1938.76 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 9
115.0.1901.183 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 8
110.0.1587.50 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 7
106.0.1370.42 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 6
5.38.0
Fix Pack 5 and earlier
96 and future fix packs
Mozilla Firefox
Fix Pack 12
ESR 115.15.0 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 11
ESR 115.11.0 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 10
ESR 115.5.0 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 9 and Fix Pack 9 Interim Fix 1
ESR 102 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 8
ESR 102.8 and future fix packs
Fix Pack 7
ESR 102.3 and future packs
Fix Pack 6 and earlier
ESR 78 and future fix packs
Note: Minimum supported screen resolution is 1366x768 pixels.

Programming language

Software Version
Python
Fix Pack 11
Python 3.11.6
Fix Pack 10
Python 3.11.4