This page contains certification information on supported databases for Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP).
The following table identifies the supported databases for HDP.
| Operating System | Component | Database | |||
| PostgreSQL 8.x | MySQL 5.x | Oracle 11gr2 | Other | ||
| RHEL/CentOS 5.x, 6.x | SLES 11 | Hive / HCatalog | Default. For instructions on configuring this database for Hive metastore, see: Installing HDP manually. | Default. For instructions on configuring this database for Hive metastore, see: Installing HDP manually. | Supported. For instructions on configuring this database for Hive metastore, see: Database requirements for installing HDP manually. | |
| Oozie | Supported. For instructions on configuring this database for Oozie metastore, see: Installing HDP manually. | Supported. For instructions on configuring this database for Oozie metastore, see: Installing HDP manually. | Supported. For instructions on configuring this database for Oozie metastore, see: Installing HDP manually . | Derby (default). | |
| Operating System | Component | Database |
| RHEL/CentOS 5.x, 6.x | SLES 11 | Ambari | PostgreSQL 8.x (default). |
