SolarWinds Observability Agent system requirements
The following are the operating systems and distributions supported for the script-based installation of SolarWinds Observability Agent.
If an operating system/distribution is not in the list, download and run the installer using the PowerShell command provided in the Add Data wizard.
Windows
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
On Windows Server 2012, download the MSI file manually and run it using the provided PowerShell command. Script-based installation has issues with establishing a connection to download SolarWinds Observability Agent binaries.
Linux
SolarWinds Observability Agents work on most Linux systems. The following lists the platforms that have been tested and verified to work with the Agents:
- Amazon Linux 2 and later
- CentOS 6 and later
- Debian 10 and later
- Fedora 32 and later
- Kali 2021 and later
- OpenSUSE 15 and later
- Oracle Linux 8 and later
- RedHat 6 and later
- Rocky Linux 8 and later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 and later
- Ubuntu 18.04 and later
User roles and permissions for SolarWinds Observability Agent
Root privileges are required for the following roles/users:
- For the Agent installation. During the Agent installation, the swagent user is created.
- The swagent user needs root privileges for the Agent to monitor processes on the host.