What versions of DS are compatible with IDM?

Last updated Jan 16, 2023

The purpose of this article is to provide compatibility information between DS and IDM versions. This includes connecting to DS as an external resource (LDAP connector), the embedded DS repositories shipped with later versions of IDM and the supported Java® versions for each combination.

External resources compatibility

You can connect to DS as an external resource using the LDAP connector (the LDAP connector works with any LDAPv3 compliant servers). The following matrix indicates compatibility between IDM and DS when using the LDAP connector:

	DS 7.x	DS 6.x
IDM 7.x	✔️	✔️
IDM 6.x	✔️	✔️

Note

It is strongly recommended that you always upgrade to the latest maintenance releases for whichever versions of IDM and DS you have deployed.

Repositories compatibility

Embedded DS

Embedded DS repositories are for testing purposes only and cannot be used in production. The following embedded DS versions are included with IDM:

IDM versions	Embedded DS version
IDM 7.2.1	DS 7.2.1
IDM 7.2	DS 7.2
IDM 7.1.4	DS 7.1.4
IDM 7.1.2	DS 7.1.1
IDM 7.1	DS 7.1
IDM 7.0.4	DS 7.0.2
IDM 7.0.3	DS 7.0.2
IDM 7.0.2	DS 7.0.2
IDM 7.0.1	DS 7
IDM 7	DS 7
IDM 6.5.x	DS 6.5
IDM 6	DS 6

External DS

External DS instances can be used as a supported repository in production environments. The following matrix indicates compatibility between IDM and external DS repositories:

	DS 7.2.x	DS 7.1.x	DS 7.0.x	DS 6.5.x	DS 6
IDM 7.2.x	✔️	✖️	✖️	✖️	✖️
IDM 7.1.x	✖️	✔️	✖️	✖️	✖️
IDM 7.0.x	✖️	✖️	✔️	✖️	✖️
IDM 6.5.x	✖️	✖️	✖️	✔️	✖️
IDM 6.0.0.x	✖️	✖️	✖️	✖️	✔️