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
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:
- Alma Linux 9 and later
- 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.