Actuate publishes the Supported Environments for Actuate iHub 3.1 BIRT Server Deployments document that describes the data sources, drivers, operating systems, and other software requirements for connecting iHub to data sources at the following location:

Actuate Supported Products and Obsolescence Policy, available on the Actuate Support site at the following URL, also contains information about the required patches:

iHub connects to data sources when generating documents. The design developer specifies data source connection information in the design, or in an external connection configuration file. In most cases, iHub and the database run on different computers for load balancing purposes, but this division is not mandatory. Running iHub on the database host can improve performance.