Kubernetes system requirements

Requirements depend on several variables, such as:

• The volume of data to display in the browser.

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SolarWinds Observability general requirements

The following table lists browser requirements and recommendations for using the SolarWinds Observability web application.

Software Requirements
Web browsers	SolarWinds Observability supports the two most recent versions of the following web browsers: Apple Safari Google Chrome Microsoft Edge (new Edge versions based on Chromium) Mozilla Firefox
Browser requirements	The following must be enabled in your browser: JavaScript Cookies

Firewall or access control requirements

The browser you are using to access SolarWinds Observability's basic features must have unrestricted access to the following locations:

• https://my.xx-yy.cloud.solarwinds.com and all subfolders (where xx-yy is determined by the URL you use to access SolarWinds Observability, see Data centers and endpoint URIs)
• https://documentation.solarwinds.com/ and all subfolders
• https://agent-binaries.cloud.solarwinds.com/ and all subfolders

If monitoring Kubernetes entities, the SWO K8s Collector must be able to communicate with SolarWinds Observability to report collected data. Open your firewall or access control configuration to permit TCP/HTTPS/TLS outbound connections to the following endpoints, where xx-yy is determined by the URL you use to access SolarWinds Observability, see Data centers and endpoint URIs.

• otel.collector.xx-yy.cloud.solarwinds.com

Supported Kubernetes containers

Supported K8s versions

Kubernetes versions 1.18 and higher are supported, and kube-state-metrics 1.5.0 and higher is supported.

While local deployments, such as Minikube, are not supported, most of the functionality may work.

Supported architecture

The SWO K8s Collector supports Linux x86_64 platforms (AMD 64).