Software requirements

The OpenText SAST installation includes an embedded OpenJDK/JRE version 17.0.14, which the software requires. You do not need to install Java 17.

OpenText does not recommend upgrading the embedded OpenJDK/JRE to a later version.

To use OpenText SAST, you must have Read and Write permissions for the OpenText SAST installation directory.

The following table lists software requirements for analysis of specific project types.

Language Software Operating systems
Visual Studio, MSBuild, or .NET projects .NET Framework 4.8 or later (MSBuild only) Windows

.NET SDK 8.0

Windows, Linux

ABAP®/BSP

Fortify ABAP Extractor is supported on a system running ABAP Platform 2023 / ABAP Version 7.58.

All
Bicep

.NET SDK 8.0

Windows, Linux

COBOL

Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86)

This is not a requirement for legacy COBOL analysis.

Windows
Scala

The Akka compiler plugin is available in the Maven Central Repository.

All