Third-Party Software

This documentation describes the legacy CDK implementation, which will be deprecated in an upcoming release. We strongly recommend that you transition to the current CDK implementation as soon as possible.

Before installing the CDK, you must obtain non-ForgeRock software and install it on your local computer.

ForgeRock recommends that you install third-party software using Homebrew on macOS and Linux^[1] .

The versions listed in the following table have been validated for building custom Docker images for the ForgeRock Identity Platform. Earlier and later versions will probably work. If you want to try using versions that are not in the tables, it is your responsibility to validate them.

Install all of the following third-party software:

Software Version Homebrew package

Software	Version	Homebrew package
Python 3	3.9.9	`python`
Kubernetes client (kubectl)	1.23.5	`kubectl`
Kubernetes context switcher (kubectx)	0.9.4	`kubectx`
Kustomize	4.5.3	`kustomize`
VirtualBox	6.1.32	`virtualbox` (cask)^[1]
Minikube	1.25.2	`minikube`
Docker Desktop^[2]	4.6.1	`docker` (cask)^[1]
Skaffold	2.0.1	`skaffold`

Python 3

3.9.9

python

Kubernetes client (kubectl)

1.23.5

kubectl

Kubernetes context switcher (kubectx)

0.9.4

kubectx

Kustomize

4.5.3

kustomize

VirtualBox

6.1.32

virtualbox (cask)^[1]

Minikube

1.25.2

minikube

Docker Desktop^[2]

4.6.1

docker (cask)^[1]

Skaffold

2.0.1

skaffold

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1. The Linux version of Homebrew does not support installing software it maintains as casks. Because of this, if you’re setting up an environment on Linux, you won’t be able to use Homebrew to install software in several cases. You’ll need to refer to the software’s documentation for information about how to install the software on a Linux system.

2. Install Docker Desktop on macOS. On Linux computers, install Docker CE instead. For more information, see the Docker documentation.

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