Digital Access component requirements and interoperability
This article includes updates for Digital Access 6.3.1.
Smart ID Digital Access component is deployed as docker containers and boasts simplified administration with easier deployments, upgrades and maintenance.
This article contains requirements and interoperability details for the setup and the different parts of Digital Access component.
Requirements
System requirements
Docker
See Deploy Smart ID .
Supported host operating systems
Linux that supports the Docker and Docker Compose versions above
Tested on Ubuntu 20.04, RHEL 7.9, RHEL 8.5
User database services
Digital Access component stores its user representation in a database, the docker package comes with a built-in database (PostgreSQL). That means there are no requirements for external databases to get started. To read more about external database, see Database service.
The following databases has been explicitly verified:
MS SQL 2016, 2017, 2019
MySQL 5.7 and later
MS Azure SQL
MariaDB 10.5.4-focal and later
Oracle 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1.0), Oracle 11g Release 2 (11.2) and Oracle 19c (19.3)
PostgreSQL 12, 13
User storage directory
Digital Access component can link to existing users stored in a directory (LDAP). The docker package is fully LDAP v3 compliant for connecting to these user storages.
The following directories has been explicitly verified:
Microsoft Active Directory 2003 or later
Novell eDirectory
OpenLDAP
Sun Java system Directory Server
Oracle Internet Directory (tested for authentication)
Tivoli Directory Server (tested for authentication)
IBM RACF LDAP (tested for authentication)
Interoperability data
Browser support
The following browsers are supported for the portal, administrator, federation, and web authentication:
Mozilla Firefox with any of the latest versions
Google Chrome with any of the latest versions
Edge Chromium with any of the latest versions
Safari with any of the latest versions
Access client
Operating systems
The following operating systems are supported for the Access client:
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016 64 Bit
Mac OS X 10.11 and higher
Browsers
The following browsers are supported for the access client:
Edge with any of the latest versions
Chrome with any of the latest versions
Firefox with any of the latest versions
Network protocol
Server Message Block (SMB) is a network protocol used to share files across systems. It is used to write to the log files in Digital Access. From Digital Access version 6.0.3, SMB version 2.0 or 2.1 is required.