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Software requirements

Virtualizations

The following virtualization is supported by the Business Bot Platform:

  • Oracle VirtualBox 5.x
  • Oracle VirtualBox 6.x
  • VMware ESXi 5.x
  • VMware ESXi 6.x
  • VMware ESXi 7.x
  • VMware vSphere 6.x
  • Microsoft Hyper-V, provided in Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019

Operating Systems

The following operating systems are supported by the Business Bot Platform:

  • Linux CentOS 7.3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (NT 6.2)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (NT 6.3)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (NT 10.0)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (NT 10.0)
  • Microsoft Windows 10 (NT 10.0; Codename: „Threshold”) (Only for test purposes, no productive use)

Older operating systems

The following older operating system versions are no longer supported.
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 Standard (NT 6.0)
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 Enterprise (NT 6.0)

Microsoft Windows Installations on Qualified & Validated Platforms:

  • For all Microsoft Windows Versions: The BBP required package Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) (VC14)

JDK

The following JDK versions are supported by the Business Bot Platform:

for Windows:

  • Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 Update 152 or higher
  • AdoptOpenJDK JDK 8 Update 112 or higher with OpenJ9
  • AdoptOpenJDK JDK 11.0.x with OpenJ9

for CentOS:

  • Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 Update 77 or higher
  • AdoptOpenJDK JDK 8 Update 112 or higher with OpenJ9
  • AdoptOpenJDK JDK 11.0.x with OpenJ9

JRE is not supported.

Web Browsers

The following web browsers are supported for accessing the web interface of the Business Bot Platform:

Manufacturer Software Product Windows 7 Windows 10
Google Chrome OK OK
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 OK OK
Microsoft Edge OK
Mozilla Firefox Quantum ESR 60.x OK OK
Mozilla Firefox 68.4.1 ESR OK OK
Mozilla Firefox 78.x ESR OK OK
Mozilla Firefox 91.x ESR OK OK

Warning

The following older browser versions are no longer supported.
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
* Mozilla Firefox 31 ESR
* Mozilla Firefox 38 ESR * Mozilla Firefox 45.5.0 ESR * Mozilla Firefox 50.0.1 ESR * Mozilla Firefox 57.0.1 ESR

Instant Messengers

The following instant messenger versions are supported:

Manufacturer Software Product Android Apple iOS Desktop
Facebook Facebook Messenger OK OK OK
Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 OK OK OK
Microsoft Teams OK OK OK
Signal Foundation Signal Messenger OK OK OK
Slack Slack OK OK OK
Telegram LLP Telegram Messenger OK OK OK
Tencent WeChat OK OK OK
Threema Threema OK OK OK
XMPP XMPP Client OK OK OK

An activated SIM card is required to set up a Telegram user account.

Database Systems

Following database systems and versions are supported:

Manufacturer
Microsoft SQL Server
* Microsoft SQL Server 2019
* Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard
* Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Enterprise
* Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Developer and SQL Server 2017 Express (zu Entwicklungszwecken)
* Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise SPx
* Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard SPx
* Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Developer and SQL Server 2017 Express (zu Entwicklungszwecken)
Oracle
* Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0) Enterprise Edition
* Oracle Database 12.1.0.x Enterprise Edition
* Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2) Standard Edition 2
* Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1.0) Enterprise Edition
* Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1.0) Standard Edition 2
* Oracle Database 12.2.0.x Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
MySQL
* MySQL Community Edition 8.0
* MySQL Community Edition 5.7
* MySQL Community Edition 5.6
MariaDB
* MariaDB Server 10.x
PostgreSQL
* PostgreSQL 13
* PostgreSQL 10
* PostgreSQL 9.6
* PostgreSQL 9.5