Zephyr Supported Platforms

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Apr 28, 2021
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Zephyr Enterprise supports many different platforms, browsers, and frameworks. Please view below to see the supported platforms and frameworks information along with our recommended browser of choice.

Supported platforms

CategorySupported Platform(s)Supported Version(s)
CrowdCrowd

2.4.33.x (latest)

SSO
SAML 2.0
Elasticsearch

7.9.2

(https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/elasticsearch-7-9-2)

Jira

Jira
  • 7.0.x - 8.9.0 - compatibility
  • JOD (latest) - compatibility (OAuth only)

Jenkins LTS

Jenkins Version
  • 2.73.2
  • 2.73.3
  • 2.150.3
  • 2.164.2
  • 2.190.1
  • 2.204.2
  • 2.222.3
ZEE-Jenkins Plugin Version

2.1

Bamboo

Bamboo Version

7.0.3

ZEE-Bamboo Plugin Version

1.4.4

Z Automation frameworkTestNG

Eggplant

Cucumber

Selenium

Tosca

UFT

JUnit

TestComplete

SoapUI Pro
HP-ALM

11.55 and 12.55

Java platformsOpenJDK (recommended)

8


Oracle JDK / JRE (formerly Sun JDK / JRE) - see the notes below1.8 (also referred to as Java 8)
Operating systemsMicrosoft Windows
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • CentOS 7
  • Ubuntu 16
  • EC2
Database

MySQL
Oracle

MS SQL 19
MS SQL 17
MS SQL 16
MS SQL 14
MS SQL 12

Versions: 2012/2014/2016/2017/2019 (JDBC Driver: sqljdbc42.jar ) 

Browser

Chrome
  • Latest stable version supported
  • Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (when browsers are maximized)
Firefox
  • Latest stable version supported
  • Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (when browsers are maximized)
Internet Explorer
  • 11.0
  • Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (when browsers are maximized)

Recommended browser

Recommended Browser

Chrome is the best recommended browser to use since the Zephyr framework utilizes modern web technology which can be best rendered by using the Chrome browser. Other modern browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer can work too, but Zephyr also provides users with a Chrome extension for users wanting to utilize Zephyr Exploratory.

Chrome is Zephyr's recommended browser of choice because using another browser may lead to certain UI objects not being optimally rendered on screen within the Zephyr application. For instance, users may experience extra scroll bars, buttons not working, text not being selectable, etc.

Internet Explorer is Zephyr's worst browser choice and is not recommended due to the poor experience with HTML5 and Angular JS (rendering issues, etc.) while using this browser. We also recommend against using IE as users tend to experience issues with the Excel import when using Internet Explorer.

Note on Oracle JDK license update

Oracle JDK License Update

Oracle has recently changed the licensing terms for Java Standard Edition 8 (required by Zephyr). Here's a summary of the impact and what Zephyr is doing about this:

  • Java SE 8 remains free - so customers can use it without incurring a license charge.
  • However, in the future, any bug fixes and security updates when using Java SE 8 for commercial use will require a license / support contract to receive those updates.
  • To avoid any potential vulnerability in the future and to avoid any additional costs to our customers, we recommend using OpenJDK instead.

OpenJDK (the recommended Java version) can be downloaded from https://jdk.java.net/java-se-ri/8-MR3

Oracle Java SE 8 can be downloaded from https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/pt/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

Note: Java embedded with Linux OS distribution will not work with Zephyr.