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 BDD installation 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
You must ensure that each node contains enough space to install BDD.
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:
Required Linux utilities
The BDD installer requires several Linux utilities.
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.
Hadoop requirements
BDD supports the following Hadoop distributions:
JDK requirements
BDD requires one of the following JDK versions installed in the same location on all nodes. If one of these is installed on your Hadoop nodes, you can copy it to your BDD nodes.
Security options
The following sections describe methods for securing your BDD cluster.
Component database requirements
The Dgraph, Studio, and the Workflow Manager Service all require databases. The following sections describe the requirements for each.
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.