Supported platforms

The following operating systems and architectures are fully supported, except as noted. For more information about types of log collection that are available for specific platforms, see the corresponding chapter in OS Support.

Table 1. Supported GNU/Linux platforms
Operating System	Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	x86 (see note), x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	x86 (see note), x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64
Oracle Linux 8	x86_64 (Red Hat Compatible Kernel only)
Oracle Linux 9	x86_64 (Red Hat Compatible Kernel only)
Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster)	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64
Debian GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye)	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64
Debian GNU/Linux 12 (Bookworm)	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64
Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)	x86 (see note), x86_64
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)	x86 (see note), x86_64
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64, ARMv7
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64, ARMv7
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)	x86 (see note), x86_64, ARM64, ARMv7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	x86 (see note), x86_64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15	x86 (see note), x86_64 PowerPC experimental
Amazon Linux 2	x86_64, ARM64
Amazon Linux 2022	x86_64, ARM64
Amazon Linux 2023	x86_64, ARM64
Generic RPM	x86 (see note), x86_64
Generic DEB	x86 (see note), x86_64
Other distributions	(See note)

NXLog also provides generic packages compiled against glibc 2.5 to support RPM based legacy distributions such as Red Hat 5.11 and SLES 11 on both 32 and 64 bit hardware.

The packages are named as nxlog-X.XX.XXXX_generic_glibc2.5_rpm_x86_64.rpm and nxlog-X.XX.XXXX_generic_glibc2.5_rpm_i386.rpm respectively and available in the beta version as well.

For a listing of GNU/Linux-related log sources, see GNU/Linux.

Table 2. Supported BSD platforms
Operating System	Architectures
FreeBSD 12	x86 (see note), x86_64
FreeBSD 13	x86 (see note), x86_64
FreeBSD 14	x86 (see note), x86_64

For a listing of BSD-related log sources, see FreeBSD.

Under the Technical Support Services Agreement, Linux and BSD binary packages may be provided upon request for operating systems that have reached their end-of-life date (like RHEL 5), for legacy 32-bit hardware, or for less common distributions (such as Linux Mint).

Table 3. Supported Windows platforms
Operating System	Architectures
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Certified)	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Certified)	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2019	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2022	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2025	x86_64
Microsoft Windows Nano Server	x86_64 (see note)
Microsoft Windows Vista	x86_64
Microsoft Windows 7	x86_64
Microsoft Windows 8	x86_64
Microsoft Windows 10	x86_64
Microsoft Windows 11	x86_64 (see note)

For a listing of Windows-related log sources, see Microsoft Windows.

While the im_odbc input module is included in the Windows Nano Server package, currently Microsoft does not provide a reverse forwarder to support the ODBC API.

NXLog Enterprise Edition 6.x requires Windows 11 to be running version 22H2 or later (build 22621 or newer).

Table 4. Other supported platforms
Operating System	Architectures
Apple macOS 10.15 (Catalina)	x86_64
Apple macOS 11 (Big Sur)	x86_64, ARM64
Apple macOS 12 (Monterey)	x86_64, ARM64
Apple macOS 13 (Ventura)	x86_64, ARM64
Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma)	x86_64, ARM64
Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia)	x86_64, ARM64
Docker	x86_64
IBM AIX 7.1	PowerPC
IBM AIX 7.2	PowerPC
IBM AIX 7.3	PowerPC
Oracle Solaris 10	x86, SPARC
Oracle Solaris 11	x86, SPARC

For log sources of the above platforms, see Apple macOS, IBM AIX, and Oracle Solaris.

The following Microsoft Windows operating systems are unsupported due to having reached end-of-life status, but are known to work with NXLog.

Table 5. End-of-Life Windows platforms
Operating System	Architectures
Microsoft Windows XP	x86, x86_64
Microsoft Windows Server 2000	x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003	x86, x86_64