Certified Operating Environment for Brainwave Identity GRC
Following you will find the list of certified operating environments for Brainwave GRC.
The following operating systems, databases and web browsers are valid for all versions of the Descartes major release.
Operating Systems
Operating Systems are Third Party Software not provided with Brainwave Identity GRC. Brainwave Identity GRC is composed of three main modules:
- The studio (or back office)
- The batch
- The web portal
The OS support matrix is the following:
OS | Version | Studio | Batch | Webportal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | 8 | X | X | X |
Windows | 10 | X | X | X |
Windows server | 2012 R2 | X | X | X |
Windows server | 2016 | X | X | X |
Windows server | 2019 | X | X | X |
RHEL | 91 | X | X | |
Debian | LTS2 | X | X |
Please see footnotes (links available in the above mentioned table) for more information on LTS versions.
Java development kits
Java development kits (JDK) are Third Party Software not provided with Brainwave Identity GRC.
Please see the following table for more information on the support version of JAVA :
Windows3 | Linux RHEL 9 | Linux Debian | |
|---|---|---|---|
Java SE JDK 17 | X | ||
Open JDK 17 | X | X | |
Corretto 17 | X | ||
AdoptOpenJDK 17 LTS | X |
Note: When downloading AdoptOpenJDK only the HotSpot JVM is supported
Database Servers
Database servers are Third Party Software not provided with Brainwave Identity GRC.
The following database servers are supported by Brainwave GRC:
- Microsofts SQL server
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle4
The database certified support matrix, per operating systems, is as follows:
Windows environment
Database | Version | Window 10 | Window 11 | Window Server 2012 | Windows server 2016 | Windows server 2019 | Windows server 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft SQL server | 2014 | X | X | ||||
Microsoft SQL server | 2016 | X | X | ||||
Microsoft SQL server | 2017 | X | |||||
Microsoft SQL server | 2019 | X | X | ||||
Microsoft SQL server | 2022 | X | X | X | |||
Oracle4 | 19c | X | X | X | X |
Linux environment
Database | Version | RHEL 9 | Debian |
|---|---|---|---|
PostgreSQL | 12 | X | X |
PostgreSQL | 13 | X | X |
PostgreSQL | 14 | X | X |
PostgreSQL | 15 | X | X |
PostgreSQL | 16 | X | X |
Oracle4 | 19c | X |
Please note that oracle is only supported in the case of existing and deployed projects. In the case of a new project only Microsoft SQL server and PostgreSQL are supported.
Please navigate each RMDS support lifecycle for more information:
Database drivers
The used database drivers must be compatible with the corresponding version of JAVA used:
The following database drivers have been certified with Brainwave GRC:
mssql-jdbc-11.2.1.jre17.jarandmssql-jdbc-12.2.0.jre11.jarojdbc11.jarpostgresql-42.5.1
If using an oracle JDBC driver please download the correct driver in accordance to the version of the database engine used. Please see here for more information.
Oracle's OCI driver is not supported by Brainwave GRC.
Oracle and Microsoft SQL JDBC drivers are Third Party Software not provided with Brainwave Identity GRC. Please refer to the following pages for information on how to download and install the drivers :
- How-To install and use Microsoft SQL server official driver
- How-to install and use the official Oracle database driver
Java Application Server
The Java Application Server is Third Party Software not provided with Brainwave Identity GRC.
Apache Tomcat 9.0 (all Operating Systems) is the only application server supported by Brainwave GRC.
Web browsers
Web Browsers are the only web browsers supported by Brainwave GRC are the "long term support" or the "For work" versions. As such, following you will find the list of the supported web browsers.
Firefox
The current version of Firefox ESR is supported (Extended Support Release). For more information please refer to the following link:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/enterprise/
Chrome
The supported version of chrome is the current version of the Chrome Browser for Businesses. See the following link for more information:
https://chromeenterprise.google/
Microsoft Edge
Please refer to the Microsoft's official documentation for more information :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/deployedge/microsoft-edge-support-lifecycle
Note: Internet explorer is no longer recommended see : https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-IT-Pro-Blog/The-perils-of-using-Internet-Explorer-as-your-default-browser/ba-p/331732
- Please refer to Debian's official documentation for more information: here↩
- Please refer to Red Hat's official documentation for more information: here↩
- all versions of java 17↩
- Please note that as of version Braille, Oracle is only supported in the case of existing and deployed projects. In the case of a new project only Microsoft SQL server and PostgreSQL are supported.↩