Host prerequisites

You can find the host prerequisites that support the operating capabilities for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.

Contents

Development tools

Development Tool

Version

Components

Notes

Traditional RFT

Web UI

Appium

1.17

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supported

1.18

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supported

Microsoft .NET Framework

3.5 or later

supported

supported

Microsoft Visual Studio

2015 and future fix packs

supported

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Required to use IBM® Rational® Functional Tester from this Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

2017 and future fix packs

supported

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2019 and future fix packs

supported

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WinAppDriver

1.2

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supported

WinAppDriver is required to experience the Tech Preview feature to record and play back against the Windows desktop applications.

Licensing

License Server

Version

Components

Traditional RFT

Web UI

IBM Rational License Key Server

8.1.3

supported

supported

8.1.4

supported

supported

8.1.5

supported

supported

8.1.6

supported

supported

Web browsers

A browser is used to view reports and also used as a recording tool for mobile applications in the Tech Preview.

Browser

Version

Components

Notes

Traditional RFT

Web UI

Apple Safari

12 or later

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supported

Google Chrome

78 or later

supported

supported

Microsoft Edge

80 or later

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supported

Mozilla Firefox (including ESR versions)

68 or later

supported

supported

Microsoft Internet Explorer

11

supported

supported

The following features are not supported in Internet Explorer 11:
  • Mobile virtual client
  • Dataset
  • Unified report
  • New Application Configuration UI web client

Opera

67 or later

supported

supported

Virtualization management

Container

Version

Components

Traditional RFT

Web UI

Docker Community Edition (CE)

19.3 and future fix packs

supported

supported

Docker Compose

1.25 and future fix packs

supported

supported

1.26 and future fix packs

supported

supported

1.27 and future fix packs

supported

supported