Starting October 11, 2024 (Zephyr Enterprise 8.2), the Zephyr Enterprise documentation moved from its current location on Atlassian to a dedicated, standalone Zephyr Enterprise documentation page. Please see: https://support.smartbear.com/zephyr-enterprise/docs/en/zephyr-enterprise/zephyr-installation---upgrade-guides/zephyr-on-premise-production-installation/set-up-zephyr-data-center-cluster/1--connect-to-an-external-database.html
You must have a connector JAR file for your MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database.
We explain how to install a primary database, however, we recommend that you have one or several database replicas to ensure better availability and performance.
You can install one of the following database management systems on any computer where Zephyr is not installed and configure it so that Zephyr can connect to it:
You can check the connection to your database when installing Zephyr on your cluster nodes. To do that, click Test Connection on the Configure Database screen of the installation program (see Install Zephyr Enterprise on Nodes). If Zephyr fails to connect to it, the installation will be interrupted.