Supported operating systems: Linux

The Linux Agent is tested and supported on specific Linux distributions. The following tables provide feature support details for each distribution.

The Linux Agent is available for servers only.

The following icons indicate the feature support status:

Key Status Description
Supported Fully tested and supported. Actively updated and improved.
Compatible Not tested or supported. Defect fixes not prioritized.
Deprecated No longer tested or supported. Development ended.
Not Compatible Feature not compatible with the operating system.

Linux Agent Version 1 is no longer tested, developed or supported. Any version of Linux Agent Version 1 is provided "as is".

Effective March 1, 2023, N-sight RMM no longer supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 or 1.1 for Agent to N-sight RMM communication. We recommend you update all Linux servers to the latest Linux Agent V2 and ensure the servers are configured to use TLS 1.2. For more information, see this release note.

The following table shows feature support for each supported Linux distribution. New features are added to the table as they become supported by one or more distributions.

Distribution Remote Monitoring Dashboard Controls Restart Daemon Asset Tracking Automated Tasks Monitoring Templates
RedHat RHEL 7
RedHat RHEL 8
RedHat RHEL 9
CentOS 7
CentOS 8
CentOS Stream 8
CentOS Stream 9
Fedora 38
Fedora 39
Fedora 40
SLE 12 SP5
SLE 15 SP5
SLE 15 SP6
Amazon Linux 2
 
Distribution Remote Monitoring Dashboard Controls Restart Daemon Asset Tracking Automated Tasks Monitoring Templates
openSUSE Leap 15.4
openSUSE Leap 15.5
openSUSE Leap 15.6
Debian 9.0
Debian 10
Debian 11
Debian 12
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Linux Agent notes

  • Linux Agent supports real-time monitoring so you can set the 24x7 Check frequency from 5 minutes through to 120 minutes.
  • Linux Agent replaced the repository Agent installation and update process with Dashboard downloadable packages, Remote Worker Site Install Package and automatic updates.
  • Linux Agent 2.01 and later versions support monitoring templates.
  • Linux Agent 2.0.4 and later versions support Raspberry Pi with a dedicated Debian installer available for both 32 and 64-bit ARM architectures. This release supports:
    • Raspberry Pi OS, based on Debian 10 or later (32 bit only)
    • Ubuntu 20.04 or later