Supported Platforms and Compatibility of Agent for Apache HTTP Server

The following sections provide information about the supported platforms of Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache HTTP Server as well as the compatibility of this agent with Access Manager.

Supported Platforms of Agent for Apache HTTP Server

The following table presents the supported platforms of Policy Agent 2.2 for Apache HTTP Server. Notice that this document describes what is technically two separate agents: Agent for Apache HTTP Server 1.3.33 and Agent for Apache HTTP Server 2.0.54. Throughout this guide, these two agents are referred to together as Agent for Apache HTTP Server.

This guide does not apply to Agent for Apache HTTP Server 2.2. For information about that agent, see Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 Guide for Apache HTTP Server 2.2.

The supported platforms for these two agents differ as shown in the table that follows.

Table 2–1 Supported Platforms of Agent for Apache HTTP Server

Agent for	Supported Platforms
Apache HTTP Server 1.3.33* Note – Be aware that this guide is applicable to both Agent for Apache HTTP Server 1.3.33 and Agent for Apache HTTP Server 2.0.54	SolarisTM Operating System (OS) for the SPARC® platform, versions 8, 9, and 10 Solaris (OS) for x86 platforms, versions 8, 9, and 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Agent for	Supported Platforms
Apache HTTP Server 2.0.54*	Solaris Operating System (OS) for the SPARC platform, versions 8, 9, and 10 Solaris (OS) for x86 platforms, versions 8, 9, and 10 AIX 5L, versions 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0, versions 32 bit and 64 bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4.0, versions 32 bit and 64 bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Windows 2003, Enterprise Edition Windows 2003, Standard Edition

*Agent for Apache HTTP Server has been verified with the Apache default Multi-Processing Mode (MPM) on all supported platforms as described in http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mpm.html.

Compatibility of Agent for Sun Java System Apache HTTP Server With Access Manager

All agents in the Policy Agent 2.2 release are compatible with versions of Sun Java System Access Manager as described in this section.

Compatibility of Policy Agent 2.2 With Access Manager 7 and Access Manager 7.1

All agents in the Policy Agent 2.2 release are compatible with Access Manager 7 and Access Manager 7.1. Compatibility applies to both of the available modes of Access Manager: Realm Mode and Legacy Mode.

Install the latest Access Manager patches to ensure that all enhancements and fixes are applied. For an example of Access Manager patches that can be installed, see the compatibility information discussed in Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 Release Notes.

Compatibility of Policy Agent 2.2 With Access Manager 6.3

All agents in Policy Agent 2.2 are also compatible with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater. However, certain limitations apply. For more information about the limitations, see Backward Compatibility With Access Manager 6.3.