Bloomreach Experience Manager 13 System Requirements
When deploying in Bloomreach Cloud, assume the standard stack as described below. Contact Bloomreach Cloud support for details.
This document describes the generic system requirements for brXM and the developer edition to provide a guideline for infrastructure decisions. Bloomreach requires customers to consult the Bloomreach Quality Assurance Team for final sign-off if the installation is not based on the preferred system prerequisites; this is to ensure that the individual combination of software versions employed is both eligible for support and also facilitates best possible performance/stability.
In all cases, Bloomreach only supports system components that are actively and regularly supported by the respective vendors.
Server Software Prerequisites
Developer Edition Stack
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Developer Edition Stack |
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Java |
Java 81 |
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Operating System |
Ubuntu Server (Canonical supported active LTS versions) |
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Application Server |
Tomcat 8.5, 9.0 |
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Database Servers |
MySQL 5.7, 8 |
brXM Stack
brXM supports several different stacks, i.e. combinations of operating system, database and application server. To provide flexibility we do of course offer additional ‘’stack options’’ (listed below) if your environment differs from the preferred stack. Please contact Bloomreach sales for final sign-off to ensure that the individual combination of software versions employed is both eligible for Bloomreach support and also facilitates best possible performance/stability.
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brXM Standard Stack |
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|---|---|
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Java |
Java 81 |
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Operating System |
Ubuntu Server (Canonical supported active LTS versions) (preferred) |
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Application Server |
Tomcat 8.5, 9.0 |
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Database Servers |
MySQL 5.7, 8 |
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Relevance module requirement |
Elasticsearch 7.16.2 |
brXM Extended Stack Options
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JVMs |
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We support standard OpenJDK builds, including Oracle's official build, alternative builds such as AdoptOpenJDK, and builds shipped with Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise. All with current CPU (Critical Patch Update) and Hotspot that is actively supported by its vendor. |
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Operating Systems2 |
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Ubuntu Server (Canonical supported active LTS versions) |
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CentOS versions corresponding to RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7 |
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Debian stable |
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Windows Server 2016 |
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Application Servers |
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Tomcat 8.5, 9 |
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CMS Database Servers |
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MySQL 5.7, 8 |
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Amazon RDS (using MySQL 5.7 or Oracle RDS 12.2.0.1) |
| Oracle 12c or 19c (12c R2 or 19c is required when using Projects feature) |
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MS SQL Server 2016 (can not be used for relevance data, see Relevance Module requirements below) |
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PostgreSQL 9.5/9.6, 10, 13.8 |
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Relevance Module: additional software requirements |
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Elasticsearch 6.0-6.8.22, 7.9, or 7.16.2 |
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Additional database: |
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MySQL 5.7, 8 |
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Amazon RDS (using MySQL 5.7 or Oracle RDS 12c) |
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Oracle 12c, 12c R2, or 19c |
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PostgreSQL 9.5/9.6, 10, 13.8 |
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Proxy servers |
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Apache HTTP Server 2.4 |
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LDAP Directories |
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OpenLDAP |
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Microsoft Active Directory |
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ApacheDS |
Upcoming Versions
We try to support newer versions as soon as possible. If the supported stack changes, we will update this page.
Client Software Prerequisites
The brXM user interface is fully web based and requires no prerequisites to be installed. As such, the products are expected to run in any standard browser environment. Bloomreach cannot guarantee browser plug-ins, tools or any kind of modifications to the browser to work with brXM.
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Operating Systems3 |
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Microsoft Windows 10 |
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Apple Mac OS X 10.1/10.12/10.13/10.14 and higher |
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Actively supported (by Canonical) versions of Ubuntu |
| Browsers4 |
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Google Chrome: latest stable version supported |
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Mozilla Firefox: latest stable version supported |
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Apple Safari: latest stable version supported (Mac OS X only) |
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Edge latest stable version supported (on W10 and higher) |
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Various |
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The system requires cookies to be activated for the domain it runs in. |
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Browser support for the website is determined by the website implementation. |
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The CMS will look best when used with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 or higher. |
End of Life Table for Supported Products
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Product |
BR support start |
BR support ends |
EOL date (third party) |
release date (third party) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Amazon RDS - MySQL 5.7 |
April-2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
< 2018 |
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Amazon RDS - MySQL 8.0 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
October-2018 |
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Amazon RDS - Oracle RDS 12c |
< 2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
< 2018 |
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Apache HTTP Server 2.4 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
< 2018 |
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Apache HTTP Server 2.5 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
unknown |
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CentOS 6 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
November-2020 |
< 2018 |
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CentOS 7 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
June-2024 |
< 2018 |
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CentOS 8 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
mid 2019 |
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Debian 10 (Buster) |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
mid 2019 |
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Debian 8 (Jessie) |
< 2018 |
tbd |
April-2020 |
< 2018 |
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Debian 9 (Stretch) |
tbd |
tbd |
June-2022 |
< 2018 |
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Elasticsearch 6.0..6.7 |
December-2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
<2018 |
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ElasticSearch 7.16.2 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
unknown |
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Java 11 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
September-2018 |
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Java 8 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
June 2023 (on RHEL) |
< 2018 |
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MS SQL Server 2016 |
August-2018 |
tbd |
July-2021 |
< 2018 |
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MS SQL Server 2017 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
< 2018 |
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MS SQL Server 2019 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
unknown |
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MySQL 5.7 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
October-2020 |
< 2018 |
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MySQL 8 |
October-2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
April-2018 |
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Oracle 12c R2 (required for Projects) |
< 2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
March-2017 |
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Oracle 12c (not for projects) |
< 2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
< 2017 |
| PostgreSQL 13 | Nobember-2022 | tbd | Nobember-2025 | September-2020 |
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PostgreSQL 10 |
September-2018 |
tbd |
October-2022 |
October-2017 |
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PostgreSQL 11 |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
October-2018 |
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PostgreSQL 9.5 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
January-2021 |
< 2018 |
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PostgreSQL 9.6 |
< 2018 |
tbd |
September-2021 |
< 2018 |
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RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL) |
< 2018 |
tbd |
November-2020 |
< 2018 |
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RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL) |
< 2018 |
tbd |
June-2024 |
< 2018 |
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RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL) |
tbd |
tbd |
unknown |
mid 2019 |
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Tomcat 8.5 |
August-2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
< 2018 |
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Tomcat 9.0 |
October-2018 |
tbd |
unknown |
unknown |
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Ubuntu Server (actively supported by Canonical LTS versions) |
rolling |
rolling |
rolling |
rolling |
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Windows Server 2016 |
September-2018 |
tbd |
January-2022 |
< 2018 |
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Windows Server 2019 |
tbd |
tbd |
September-2024 |
November-2018 |
Please note that the third party product end-of-life dates are result of our estimations combined with public reports on web sites of the third parties or EOL aggregation sites. Therefore these dates are only a guideline and might not be accurate or subject to change. In all cases, Bloomreach only supports system components that are actively and regularly supported by the respective third party vendors. Also note that support on third party products depends on the stack options you have licensed.
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1 We support standard OpenJDK builds, including Oracle's official build, alternative builds such as AdoptOpenJDK, and builds shipped with Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise. All with current CPU (Critical Patch Update) and Hotspot that is actively supported by its vendor.
2 Running the 64 bit version of the OS, on x64 bit Intel (or compatible) processor.
3 Note: whilst a number of Bloomreach customers run the CMS User Interface through Citrix solutions, Bloomreach does not support Citrix environments via the regular support agreement. Customers looking to employ Citrix are advised to bring this to the attention of Bloomreach support or their respective account managers for further investigation.
4 Note: In case of a Beta release, only Chrome (latest version) is supported. For GA and succeeding release, the other browsers mentioned are supported as well.