Platform Support

Learn about various platforms supported by Oracle Database Security Central.

Product Compatibility Matrix

See which platforms are supported for installing Oracle Database Security Central (Oracle DBSecCentral), audit collection, database firewall support, and deploying the Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent.

Summary of Supported Platforms:

Note: Oracle recommends that you update to the latest supported releases or versions at all times to stay current with security and functionality. Interoperability and functionality with older versions of the targets increases complexity and vulnerability.

Tip: See Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features to see the latest deprecation and desupport notices.

Supported Hardware

Oracle Database Security Central (Oracle DBSecCentral) is delivered as software appliance images that are ready to deploy on physical hardware or in virtualized environments, such as Oracle VM Server or VMware.

You can install and run Oracle DBSecCentral on any Intel x86 64-bit hardware platform that is supported by Oracle DBSecCentral embedded operating system. Oracle DBSecCentral uses the following Oracle Linux releases:

Oracle DBSecCentral Version	Supported Oracle Linux release
Oracle DBSecCentral 26.0.0.0.0	Oracle Linux release 8.10 with UEK release 7

To determine whether your hardware is certified for Oracle Linux, see Hardware Certification List for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. All Oracle Linux 8 updates are also certified, unless otherwise noted.

Note:

Oracle DBSecCentral supports both BIOS and UEFI boot mode. For systems with boot disks that are greater than 2 TB, Oracle DBSecCentral supports booting in UEFI mode only.
Oracle DBSecCentral can’t be installed on Oracle Exalogic or Exadata appliances.

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Supported Virtualization Platforms

Oracle VM Server for x86, release 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.4.4, and 3.4.6
VMWare VSphere, release 6.0, 6.7, and 7.0
VMWare VSphere, release 8.0
Oracle VM VirtualBox, release 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, and 7.0
Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM)

The installation of Oracle DBSecCentral on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supported. Installing DBSecCentral on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The installation of Oracle DBSecCentral on Azure is supported. Installing DBSecCentral on Azure.

The installation of Oracle DBSecCentral on Oracle Private Cloud Appliance (PCA) is supported. Ensure you are aware of the following:

The functionality changes of installing DBSecCentral on PCA are the same as those for installing DBSecCentral on OCI. For more information see Changes in Functionality for Oracle DBSecCentral Instances on OCI in the Oracle Database Security Central Administrator’s Guide.
After downloading the VMDK image from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, follow the bring your own image (BYOI) instructions for the installation of DBSecCentral on Oracle PCA. For more information see Bring Your Own Image (BYOI) in the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance User Guide.

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Audit Collection and Database Firewall Support for Databases

See which databases and versions are supported for audit collection and database firewall support in Oracle Database Security Central (Oracle DBSecCentral).

Database	Supported versions
Oracle Database — Enterprise and Standard editions	26ai, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12.2, 12.1
Oracle Autonomous Database — Serverless and Dedicated	26ai, 19c
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure	26ai, 19c
Oracle Base Database Service	26ai, 21c, 19c
Oracle Database on Exadata	26ai, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12.2, 12.1
Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)	26ai, 21c, 19c, 18c, 12.2, 12.1
MySQL Enterprise Edition	8.0
SQL Server Enterprise — Windows	2022, 2019, 2017
SQL Server Standard — Windows	2022, 2019
SQL Server Failover Cluster — Windows	2019, 2017
SQL Server Always On Availability Group	2017
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (LUW)	11.5
IBM Db2 for AIX	11.5

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Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Audit Collection Support for Databases — Database Firewall not supported

See which databases and versions are supported for audit collection only.

Database	Supported versions	Configuration
MongoDB	8.0, 7.0	Configure the Quick JSON Collector
PostgreSQL — open source	15, 14	None
IBM Db2 Database Partitioning Feature — Linux/AIX	11.5	None

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Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Audit Collection Support for Operating Systems

See which operating systems (OS) and versions are supported for audit collection in Oracle Database Security Central (Oracle DBSecCentral).

Note: Audit log monitoring for the OS is supported through audit collection and not from the Database Firewall.

Operating system	Supported versions
Oracle Linux	9, 8, 7
RHEL	9, 8, 7
Windows Server	2022, 2019
IBM AIX	7.3 TL4, TL3; 7.2 TL4
Solaris	11.4

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Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Audit Collection Support for Directory Services

See which directory services and versions are supported for audit collection support in Oracle Database Security Central (Oracle DBSecCentral).

Directory service	Supported versions
Microsoft Active Directory	2016

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Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Supported Operating Systems for Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent

See which operating systems and versions are supported for deploying the Audit Vault Agent and Host Monitor Agent.

Operating system	Supported versions
Oracle Linux 64-bit	OL 9, 8, 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64-bit	RHEL 9, 8, 7
Windows Server x86-64	2022, 2019, 2016
IBM AIX 64-bit	7.3 TL4, TL3; 7.2 TL4
Oracle Solaris SPARC64	11.4
Oracle Solaris x86-64	11.4

Solaris - x86-64 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.

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Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Supported Operating Systems for Audit Vault Agent — Host Monitor Agent not supported

See which operating systems and versions are supported for deploying the Audit Vault Agent.

Operating system	Supported versions
Oracle Linux Cluster	OL 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster	RHEL 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Z	RHEL 9, 8
Oracle Linux on Arm	OL 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Arm	RHEL 9, 8
IBM AIX Cluster	7.3 TL1, 7.2 TL4 and TL5

Note: Oracle Linux 7 and RHEL 7 are deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral. Oracle Solaris x86-64 is also deprecated.

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Behavior Changes, Deprecated, and Desupported Platforms and Features

Support for Transaction Log Audit Collection Using Oracle GoldenGate

See which versions of Oracle GoldenGate are supported for collecting transaction log audit data from supported database targets.

Oracle GoldenGate version	Supported database targets
19c	Oracle 12.1–19c; SQL Server 2016–2019
26ai	Oracle 19c/26ai; SQL Server 2022; MySQL 8.4; PostgreSQL 14/15

Note: To support Oracle Databases before 12.2, Downstream Mining needs to be configured.

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Supported Browsers

Learn what browsers are supported with Oracle Database Security Central (Oracle DBSecCentral).

Oracle Database Security Central requires a JavaScript-enabled browser and supports the current and prior major release of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge.

Note:

Ensure that the browser version you are using supports your configured TLS protocol level.

Support for External Systems

Learn about external systems supported by Oracle Database Security Central.

Nmap version 7.94 is supported for Database Discovery.

For the storage area network (SAN), iSCSI can be used to extend disk space for storing event data.

For archival, the following protocols are supported:

Network file system (NFS)
- NFS v3 only
  
  NFS v3 over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is not supported.
- NFS v3 and v4
- NFS v4 only
  
  In case you only have NFS v4 in your environment for archive or retrieve, then set the _SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED parameter to TRUE using the following steps:
  1. Log in to the Audit Vault Server through SSH and switch to the root user.
    
    See Logging In to Oracle DBSecCentral Appliances Through SSH.
  2. Switch to the oracle user.
```
su - oracle
```
  3. Start SQL*Plus as sqlplus /nolog without the user name and password.
  4. In SQL*Plus, run the following command:
```
connect super administrator
```
  5. Enter the password when prompted.
  6. Run the following command:
```
exec avsys.adm.add_config_param('_SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED','TRUE');
```
  You can check the current value of the _SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED parameter by running
```
select avsys.adm.get_config_param('_SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED') from dual;
```
  You can reset the _SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED parameter by running
```
exec avsys.adm.delete_config_param('_SHOWMOUNT_DISABLED');
```
If your NFS server supports and permits both v3 and v4 for archive or retrieve, then no action is required.

Note: If you’re using the OCI Marketplace image to provision the DBSecCentral instance, only an NFS location is supported.
Server message block (SMB)
Secure copy protocol (SCP)

In addition, integration is offered with:

Syslog
Email SMTP server

Audit Vault Agent: Supported and Tested Java Runtime Environment

Learn about the supported and tested Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for the Audit Vault Agent.

Table 12 lists supported versions of Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Table 12 JRE Support Matrix

JRE Version	Release/Version
Oracle Java 1.8	1.8.0_341 and later
Oracle Java 11	11.0.3
Oracle Java 17	17.0.2
Oracle Java 21	21.0.2