SolarWinds Observability SaaS System Requirements
Requirements depend on several variables, such as:
- Whether SolarWinds Observability SaaS libraries and clients are deployed.
- The volume of data to display in the browser.
- The areas you select for monitoring.
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SolarWinds Observability SaaS general requirements
The following table lists browser requirements and recommendations for using the SolarWinds Observability SaaS web application.
Performance of the computer and internet speed where you open the browser significantly influences the speed of SolarWinds Observability SaaS.
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| Web browsers |
SolarWinds Observability SaaS supports the two most recent versions of the following web browsers:
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| Browser requirements |
The following must be enabled in your browser:
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Firewall or access control requirements
The browser you are using to access SolarWinds Observability SaaS's basic features must have unrestricted access to the following locations:
- https://my.xx-yy.cloud.solarwinds.com and all subfolders (where
xx-yyis determined by the URL you use to access SolarWinds Observability SaaS, described in Data centers and endpoint URIs) - https://documentation.solarwinds.com/ and all subfolders
- https://agent-binaries.cloud.solarwinds.com/ and all subfolders
The collectors installed on the monitored device or host must be able to communicate with the SolarWinds Observability ingestion endpoint. To enable access to all SolarWinds Observability ingestion endpoints, open your firewall or access control configuration to allow access to all subdomains and subfolders for cloud.solarwinds.com.
For more precise configuration, see Specific requirements by monitoring area.
SolarWinds Observability Agent requirements
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.