Prerequisites

The following sections describe the hardware and software requirements your environment must meet before you can install BDD.

Supported platforms
The following tables list the platforms and versions supported in each BDD release.
Hardware requirements
The hardware requirements for your specific BDD deployment depend on the amount of data you will process. Oracle recommends the following minimum requirements:
Memory requirements
The amount of RAM your system requires depends on the amount of data you plan on processing.
Disk space requirements
Each type of BDD node has specific disk space requirements.
Network requirements
The hostname of each BDD machine must be externally-resolvable and accessible using the machine's IP address. Oracle recommends using only Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs).
Supported operating systems
BDD supports the following operating systems:
Hadoop requirements
You must install one of the following Hadoop distributions on your cluster before you install BDD:
OS user requirements
The entire installation must be performed by a single OS user, called the bdd user. After installing, this user will run all BDD processes.
JDK requirements
BDD requires one of the following JDK versions:
Required Linux utilities
The BDD installer requires several Linux utilities.
Security options
The following sections describe methods for securing your BDD cluster.
Dgraph database requirements
The data sets the Dgraph queries are stored in databases. For high availability, these can be stored on HDFS or a shared NFS. They can also be stored on the local disk for a non-HA option.
Studio database requirements
Studio requires a relational database to store configuration and state, including component configuration, user permissions, and system settings. If you install with multiple Studio instances, all of them must be connected to the same database.
Supported Web browsers
Studio supports the following Web browsers:
Screen resolution requirements
BDD has the following screen resolution requirements:
Studio support for iPad
You can use the Safari Web browser on an iPad running iOS 7+ to sign in to Studio and view projects. You cannot use an iPad to create, configure, or export projects.