Bloomreach Experience Manager 14, 15, and 16 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
Developer Edition Stack |
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Java1 |
brXM 16: Java 17 brXM 15: Java 11 brXM 14: Java 8 |
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Operating System |
Ubuntu Server (by Canonical supported active LTS versions) |
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Application Server |
brXM 16: Tomcat 10 brXM 14 & 15: Tomcat 8.5, 9.02 |
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Database Servers |
MySQL 5.7, 8 |
| Docker3 | Docker Engine 18.03 to 19.03 |
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. 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.
brXM standard stack |
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Java1 |
brXM 16: Java 17 brXM 15: Java 11 brXM 14: Java 8 |
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Operating System |
Ubuntu Server (by Canonical supported LTS versions) (preferred) RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL, supported LTS versions) |
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Application Server |
brXM 16: Tomcat 10 brXM 14 & 15: 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
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. |
Operating systems4 |
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Ubuntu Server (by Canonical supported active LTS versions) |
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CentOS versions corresponding to RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL, supported LTS versions) |
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Debian stable |
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Windows Server 2016 |
Application servers |
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brXM 16: Tomcat 10 brXM 14 & 15: Tomcat 8.5, 9.0 |
CMS database servers |
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MySQL 5.7, 8 |
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PostgreSQL 9.5/9.6, 10, 12.4, 13.8, 15.6 |
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Oracle 12c, 19c or 21c (12c R2, 19c or 21c 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) |
| Amazon RDS (using any DB type and version listed above) |
Relevance Module: additional software requirements |
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Elasticsearch 6.0-6.8.22, 7.9, or 7.16.2; ES 8.1 is also supported with brXM 15.0.0 or higher |
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Additional database: |
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MySQL 5.7, 8 |
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PostgreSQL 9.5/9.6, 10, 12.4, 13.8, 15.6 |
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Oracle 12c, 12c R2, 19c or 21c |
| Amazon RDS (using any DB type and version listed above) |
Proxy servers |
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Apache HTTP Server 2.4 |
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 of supported stack options as soon as possible. If the supported stack changes we'll 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.
Operating systems5 |
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Microsoft Windows 10 and higher |
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Apple Mac OS X 10.11/10.12/10.13/10.14 and higher |
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Actively supported (by Canonical) versions of Ubuntu |
Browsers6,7 |
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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) |
| Edge: latest stable version - based on Chromium - supported (on W10 and higher) |
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. |
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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 Bloomreach does not plan to support Tomcat 10 for brXM 14 & 15.
3 Using Docker is optional. Other Docker versions may work, however it's not advisable to use versions out of the specified range.
4 Running the 64 bit version of the OS, on x64 bit Intel (or compatible) processor.
5 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.
6 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.
7 Please note that brX and brSM only support the latest stable version of Google Chrome.