3 Services Gatekeeper System Requirements

This chapter summarizes the system requirements for Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper.

Software Requirements

Table 3-1 shows the Services Gatekeeper supported software. All values in the table apply to both the Access Tier and Network Tier.

Table 3-1 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Supported Platform Matrix

OS Version OS 32/64 Bit Processor JDK Version JDK 32/64 Bit

Oracle Linux 6 (UL6+)

64

x64

JDK 1.8.0_171 or later, plus the latest security updates

64

Oracle Linux 7 (UL2+)

64

x64

JDK 1.8.0_171 or later, plus the latest security updates

64

Red Hat EL 6 (UL6+)

64

x64

JDK 1.8.0_171 or later, plus the latest security updates

64

Red Hat EL 7 (UL2+)

64

x64

JDK 1.8.0_171 or later, plus the latest security updates

64

Windows Server 2016Foot 1 

64

x64

JDK 1.8.0_171or later, plus the latest security updates

64


Footnote 1 Windows is only supported for use with development environments and is not recommended for production deployment.

Supported Databases

Table 3-2 shows the databases that Services Gatekeeper supports.

Table 3-2 Supported Databases

Database Characteristics

Java DB 10.11.1.1 (Embedded in Services Gatekeeper in WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0)

Failover to one slave and fault tolerance

Oracle 12cR2 RAC

Full DB Failover and Fault Tolerance

Oracle 12cR2 Single Instance

No failover and fault tolerance

Oracle Database 12cR2 Express Edition

No failover and fault tolerance

Oracle 11g RAC

Full DB Failover and fault tolerance

Oracle 11g Single Instance

No failover and fault tolerance

Oracle 11g Database Express Edition

No failover and fault tolerance

MySQL Single Instance 5.7.19

No failover or fault tolerance

MySQL Cluster 7.5.8

Full DB failover and fault tolerance


Supported Virtual Platforms

Services Gatekeeper supports the following virtual platforms:

  • VMware ESXi 5.5

  • Oracle Virtual Machine 3.2.9

Supported Protocols

Services Gatekeeper supports the following protocols:

  • Parlay X

    Services Gatekeeper supports Parlay X Version 2.1 and Parlay X Version 3.0. For details, see the descriptions of the individual communications service in Services Gatekeeper Communication Service Reference Guide.

  • SNMP

    Services Gatekeeper supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2.

  • IPv6

    Services Gatekeeper is fully IPv6-compliant. It provides simultaneous IPv4/IPv6 support.

About Critical Patch Updates

Install all Oracle Critical Patch Updates as soon as possible. To download Critical Patch updates, find out about security alerts, and enable email notifications about Critical Patch Updates, see the "Security" topic on the Oracle Technology Network website:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/whatsnew/index.html

Hardware Requirements

Services Gatekeeper requires the following hardware:

  • For the Services Gatekeeper software:

    • RAM: 2 GB required; 4 GB recommended

    • Disk space: 2 x 36 GB

There must be at least 1.5 GB of disk space available under /usr/local.

Information Requirements

Table 3-3 shows the information you must provide during the Services Gatekeeper installation.

Table 3-3 Required Information

Information Type Description Default Value

Host name or IP address

The network names or IP addresses of the machines on which you are going to install the software.

Current host name or IP address

Directory

The directory on each machine that will serve as your Middleware_home directory.

NA

Directory

The directories on each machine in which to install Services Gatekeeper and WebLogic Server software. By default, these are subdirectories of Middleware_home.

NA

Directory

If you are going to install Services Gatekeeper Platform Development Studio, the Eclipse plug-in directory.

NA

Password

A password for the administrative user. The password must have a minimum of eight characters, at least one of which is non-alphabetic.

NA