System Requirements for Akana Platform 2024.1.x

Minimum recommended hardware per Akana container:

2Ghz CPU, dual core, 4GB RAM minimum, 6GB recommended.

The above assumes a dedicated CPU for each container.

Recommended Operating Systems:

• Windows Server
  • 2012 R2

    Microsoft support of Windows Server 2012 R2 ends in October 2023.

  • 2016
• Linux
  • CentOS Linux 7.x
  • Ubuntu 16.x, 18.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4, 8.x.

  In general, any Linux version that supports the Akana Platform JRE compatible versions (see JRE version below) should be operable.

Memory configuration:

Default maximum heap size for all Akana Containers (Java processes): 2048 MB.

Recommended: 4096 MB

JRE version:

• The Akana Platform is compatible with JRE 1.8 and was shipped with OpenJDK JRE version 1.8.0_265 in 2020.2.0, 1.8.0_275 in 2020.2.1 and later. You can also configure the platform to use an external JRE. Akana is certified on OpenLogic OpenJDK JRE version 1.8.0_382-382 as external JRE. For more information, see Configuring an External JRE.

All themes:

• Chrome version 70 and later (recommended)
• Firefox version 72.0 and later
• Microsoft Edge version 44.18362 and later

Akana API Platform 2024.1.x supports the following database versions:

• MySQL 8.0

  Database driver required: see Database drivers (install doc).

• Oracle 19c, 21c, and 23c.

  Restriction: The Akana platform has added certification for Oracle 23c. Due to some limitations with Oracle 23c, however, it is not yet certified with Lifecycle Coordinator, Lifecycle Manager, and Lifecycle Repository, which includes Promotions and Custom Properties.

  Database driver required: see Database drivers (install doc).

• Microsoft SQL Server:
  • 2016 SP2
  • 2019
• MongoDB (Windows 64-bit MSI and Linux 64-bit TGZ):
  • 6.0 (from 2022.1.3 onwards)
  • 4.4 (from 2022.1.2 onwards)
  • 4.2.11 or later 4.2.x versions

  To download a MongoDB file for your platform, refer to the MongoDB Downloads website.

Depending on the database type and version that you're using, there might be specific requirements, constraints, or additional steps needed. For details, refer to the Database Notes section of the installation documentation.

Elasticsearch

(Required for Community Manager only)

Supported versions:

• 8.5.3 (from 2022.1.2 onwards)
• 7.14.2 (from 2022.1.1 onwards)

Recommended for the standalone Elasticsearch server: 4GB RAM, 25GB disk space

Depending on the usage and the number of objects, more disk space might be needed.

See Installing and Configuring Elasticsearch.

The platform supports adding an API by uploading, or otherwise referencing, API description documents in any of the following formats:

• GraphQL. For version, see Supported GraphQL version.
• For REST APIs:
  • OAS 3.0
  • Swagger 2.0
  • RAML 0.8
  • WADL
• For SOAP APIs:
  • WSDL

For more information, see API Description Language Support (Community Manager developer portal documentation).

Third-party identity and access management (IAM) technologies

OAuth Support:

• OAuth 1.0a (specification: https://oauth.net/core/1.0a/)
• OAuth 2.0 (specification: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749)

Any providers that are compliant with the applicable OAuth specification are supported. For example, PingFederate versions 9.3.x and 10.0.x are supported out of the box.

OpenID Connect Support:

• OpenID Connect 1.0 (specification: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html)

Any providers that are compliant with the specification are supported.

SAML Identity System:

• SAML 1.1 (specification: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/6837/sstc-saml-tech-overview-1.1-cd.pdf)
• SAML 2.0 (specification: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/27819/sstc-saml-tech-overview-2.0-cd-02.pdf)

SAML Web SSO

• The Akana API Platform solution for using SAML for single sign-on supports SAML Version 2.0. For more information, see SAML Web Browser SSO Support in the Akana API Platform. Supported where the provider supports the implementation of SSO with SAML.

Any providers that are compliant with the specification are supported.

SiteMinder

• R12.0 SP3

Kerberos

• Supported on Windows Server versions 2012 R2, 2016

Kafka version supported: Version 2.2.1.