Prerequisite software
Ensure that your installation meets each
application-specific prerequisite according to your chosen installation path.
The following application prerequisites must be met before you can deploy the applications.
Attention: and
do not support odd-numbered Container Platform versions. If you
plan to deploy , ,
or , you must use even-numbered Container Platform versions.
| IoT | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| services | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| User Data Services (UDS) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| CouchDB | X | ||||||||||
| services | CPD control plane | X | X | O | O | X | X | X | X | ||
| Db2 Warehouse | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | X | |||
| X | |||||||||||
| X | |||||||||||
| X | |||||||||||
| or external services | X | X | X | ||||||||
| X | X | O | |||||||||
| Relational Database | X * | X * | X * | ||||||||
| O | |||||||||||
| External services | SMTP Server | O | O | O | |||||||
| LDAP server | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | |
| SAML IdP | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | |
| Certificate issuer | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | |
| IBM Compliance Expert Server | O | ||||||||||
Legend:
- X
- You need all prerequisites that are shown with an X in the column and in the columns for all the MAS applications that you plan to use. Some applications have dependencies between the applications.
- X *
- The requirement for a relational database can be met that uses Db2 Warehouse (shown in an earlier row).
- O
- Optional prerequisites are marked with an O. can use them if they are present.
For more information about the supported applications and add-ons for each release, see compatibility matrix.
Notes:
- controls certificate management in 8.8.
- (SBO) is no longer a dependency and is not required in 8.8.
- User Data Services (UDS) replaces the Behavior Analytics Service (BAS) in 8.8.
Database configurations and scope
Some applications are not recommended to reuse the same database instance within Db2 Warehouse for Production environments. For testing or development environments you could reuse the same. Suite applications also can use different scopes of database configuration such as workspace-application scope, application scope, workspace scope and system scope. For more information about the configuration scopes, see Configuring.
The following table describes some recommendations you can follow to configure your Db2 Warehouse
to support the Suite applications.
Note: Some applications and tools support other databases than Db2
Warehouse. For example, also supports SQL Server, Oracle and other versions of Db2.
See the specific application installation documentation for the details about the other database
types that such application supports.
| Application | Exclusive database recommended | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| IoT | No (typically works fine sharing the database with Monitor, Predict and Health and Predict Utilities) | System |
| Monitor | No. Typically connects to the IoT database. | System |
| Manage + add-ons (Health add-on included) | Yes | Workspace-application |
| Health | Yes | Workspace-application |
| Predict | No. Typically uses the IoT/Monitor database. | System |
| Health and Predict Utilities | No. Typically uses the same database as Predict. | System |
| Assist | Does not use Db2 database. | Does not use Db2 database. |
| Does not use Db2 database. | Does not use Db2 database. |