Interoprability of AppScan Source and AppScan Enterprise

As of AppScan® Source version 10.0.2, SolidDB no longer installs as part of the solution. While existing installations of SolidDB/Oracle continue to be supported, new installations must be configured with an integration to AppScan Database Service and AppScan Enterprise to store and retrieve shared information.

If you are upgrading from a previous version of AppScan Source, you have the option of migrating data from SolidDB/Oracle to AppScan Database Service, either manually or using the migration utility.

When AppScan Source is configured with SolidDB/Oracle:
  • AppScan Source versions 10.0.0 and newer works with any AppScan Enterprise version. However, we recommend that the AppScan Enterprise and AppScan Source versions are offset by two versions at most, with AppScan Source being the newer version. For example, AppScan Source version 10.0.4 and AppScan Enterprise version 10.0.2.
  • If you are using AppScan Enterprise version 10.0.2 with AppScan Source version 10.0.3 or newer, configure AppScan Enterprise by setting the property allow.newer.source.clients=true in asc.properties. AppScan Enterprise adds this property by default in AppScan Enterprise version 10.0.3 and newer.
  • Fresh installations of AppScan Source version 10.0.2 and newer will not connect to database. If AppScan Source needs to connect to database, then upgrade the AppScan Source installation instead.
  • If you have upgraded AppScan Source to maintain the connection to SolidDB/Oracle, use the appscanserverdbmgr.bat/appscanserverdbmgr.sh utility to reregister the database with AppScan Enterprise if required. In this scenario. you do not need to configure the AppScan Enterprise AppScan Database Service.
When AppScan Source is configured with the AppScan Enterprise AppScan Database Service:
  • AppScan Source 10.0.2 and newer versions work withAppScan Enterprise versions 10.0.2 and newer. AppScan Enterprise versions 10.0.1 and older are not supported by AppScan Source.
  • Install AppScan Enterprise versions 10.0.2 and newer with both User Administration and Enterprise Console.
  • If the AppScan Enterprise version is older than AppScan Source version, configure AppScan Enterprise by setting the property allow.newer.source.clients=true in asc.properties. AppScan Enterprise adds this property by default in AppScan Enterprise version 10.0.3 and newer.
  • AppScan Enterprise AppScan Database Service should be configured so that AppScan Source can connect to AppScan Enterprise and persist data. Running the appscanserverdbmgr.bat/appscanserverdbmgr.sh utility is not required.

The following matrix details interoperability of AppScan Source and AppScan Enterprise.

AppScan Source1
10.0.1 and earlier 10.0.2 and later
AppScan Enterprise2 10.0.1 and earlier SolidDB/Oracle Upgrade to continue using SolidDB/Oracle
10.0.2 and later SolidDB/Oracle Upgrade to continue using SolidDB/Oracle OR fresh install to use the AppScan Database Service

1. Solid DB is installed with AppScan Source versions 10.0.0 and 10.0.1. AppScan Database Service is installed with AppScan Source versions 10.0.2 and later.

2. AppScan Enterprise version 10.0.0 and 10.0.1 must be configured as follows to interoperate with AppScan Enterprise 10.0.2 or later: set allow.newer.source.clients=true in \Program Files (x86)\IBM\AppScan Enterprise\Liberty\usr\servers\ase\config\asc.properties.

For more information on integration with AppScan Enterprise, see AppScan Enterprise configuration.