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).

Supported Database	Versions Supported	Audit Collection Support	Database Firewall Support
Oracle AI Database (Enterprise and Standard editions)	26ai 21c 19c 18c 12.2 12.1	Yes	Yes
Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless (ADB-S, ATP-S, ADW-S)	Not applicable	Yes	Yes
Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-D, ATP-D, ADW-D)	Not applicable	Yes	Yes
Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure (ExaDB-D)	Not applicable	Yes	Yes
Oracle Base Database Service	26ai 21c 19c	Yes	Yes
Oracle Database running on Exadata	26ai 21c 19c 18c 12.2 12.1	Yes	Yes
Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC)	26ai 21c 19c 18c 12.2 12.1	Yes	Yes
MySQL (Enterprise Edition)	8.0	Yes	Yes
Microsoft SQL Server (Windows) Enterprise Edition	2022 2019 2017 2016 2014	Yes	Yes
Microsoft SQL Server (Windows) Standard Edition	2022 2019	Yes	Yes
Microsoft SQL Server Cluster (Windows Failover Cluster)	2019 2017 2016 2014	Yes	Yes
Microsoft SQL Server Always On availability group	2017 2016 2014	Yes	Yes
MongoDB (By configuring Quick JSON collector)	8.0 7.0	Yes	No
PostgreSQL (Open source only)	15 14	Yes	No
IBM Db2	11.5 11.1	Yes	Yes
IBM Db2 Cluster HADR (High Availability and Disaster Recovery) on OL 7.x	11.1	Yes	Yes
IBM Db2 for AIX 7.2 TL1 and above	11.5 11.1	Yes	Yes
IBM DB2 Database Partitioning Feature (DPF) on Linux and AIX	11.5 11.1	Yes	No

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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.

Supported Operating System	Versions Supported
Oracle Linux (64 bit) Oracle Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	OL 9 OL 8 OL 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	RHEL 9 RHEL 8 RHEL 7
Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64)	2022 2019 2016
IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit)	7.3 (TL0) 7.2 (TL2 and above)
Oracle Solaris (SPARC64) Solaris SPARC64 versions 11.3, 11.4 SRU 77, and older is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	11.3 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).

Supported Directory Service	Versions Supported	Audit Collection Support
Microsoft Active Directory	2012 to 2016	Yes

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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.

Table 1 Oracle Linux (64 bit) Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
OL 9.x	Yes	Yes
OL 8.x	Yes	Yes
OL 7.x Oracle Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	Yes	Yes

Table 2 Oracle Linux (64 bit) Cluster Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
OL 7.x Oracle Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	Yes	No

Table 3 Red Hat Linux (64 bit) Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
RHEL 9.x	Yes	Yes
RHEL 8.x	Yes	Yes
RHEL 7.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	Yes	Yes

Table 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
RHEL 7.x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	Yes	No

Table 5 Linux on IBM Z Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Yes	No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Yes	No

Table 6 Linux for Arm Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
Oracle Linux 9	Yes	No
Oracle Linux 8	Yes	No
Oracle Linux 7 Oracle Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	Yes	No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Yes	No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Yes	No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.	Yes	No

Table 7 Microsoft Windows Server (x86-64) Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
2022	Yes	Yes
2019	Yes	Yes
2016	Yes	Yes

Table 8 IBM AIX on Power Systems (64 bit) Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
7.3 (TL2)	Yes	Yes
7.3 (TL0)	Yes	Yes
7.2 (TL2 and above)	Yes	Yes

Table 9 IBM AIX on Power Systems (64 bit) Cluster Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
7.3 (TL0)	Yes	No
7.2 (TL2 and above)	Yes	No

Table 10 Oracle Solaris (SPARC64) Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
11.4	Yes	Yes
11.3	Yes	Yes

Solaris SPARC64 versions 11.3, 11.4 SRU 77, and older is deprecated in Oracle DBSecCentral, and it will be desupported in one of the future releases.

Table 11 Oracle Solaris (x86-64) Supported Versions

Versions Supported	Audit Vault Agent Deployment	Host Monitor Agent Deployment
11.4	Yes	Yes
11.3	Yes	Yes

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

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.

Minimum Supported Oracle GoldenGate Version	Supported Target Databases and Versions
Oracle GoldenGate 19c (19.1.0.0.4)	Oracle Database 12.1 to 19c
Oracle GoldenGate 19c (19.1.0.0.200414)	Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Oracle GoldenGate 21c (21.4)	Microsoft SQL Server 2017, 2019
Oracle GoldenGate 21c (21.9)	Oracle Database 19c
Oracle GoldenGate 21c (21.11)	MySQL 8.0
Oracle GoldenGate 26ai (23.4.2.24.06) on Linux x86-64	Microsoft SQL Server 2022
Oracle GoldenGate 26ai (23.4.2.24.06) on Linux x86-64	MySQL 8.4
Oracle GoldenGate 26ai (23.26.1.0.0) on Linux x86-64	Oracle Database 19c Oracle Database 26ai
Oracle GoldenGate 26ai (23.26.1.0.2) on Linux x86-64	PostgreSQL 14 PostgreSQL 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