Technical Specifications
NGINX Agent is designed to operate efficiently on any system that meets the standard hardware requirements for running NGINX Plus itself. This ensures compatibility, stability, and performance aligned with the NGINX core platform:
Supported distributions
| Distribution | Supported on R33 | Supported on R32 |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux | 8 (x86_64, aarch64) 9 (x86_64, aarch64) |
8 (x86_64, aarch64) 9 (x86_64, aarch64) |
| Alpine Linux | 3.17 (x86_64, aarch64) (deprecated) 3.18 (x86_64, aarch64) 3.19 (x86_64, aarch64) 3.20 (x86_64, aarch64) (new) |
3.16 (x86_64, aarch64) (deprecated) 3.17 (x86_64, aarch64) 3.18 (x86_64, aarch64) 3.19 (x86_64, aarch64) |
| Amazon Linux | 2023 (x86_64, aarch64) | 2023 (x86_64, aarch64) |
| Amazon Linux 2 | LTS (x86_64, aarch64) | LTS (x86_64, aarch64) |
| CentOS | Not supported | 7.4+ (x86_64) (deprecated) |
| Debian | 11 (x86_64, aarch64) 12 (x86_64, aarch64) |
11 (x86_64, aarch64) 12 (x86_64, aarch64) |
| FreeBSD | 13 (amd64) 14 (amd64) |
13 (amd64) 14 (amd64) |
| Oracle Linux | 8.1+ (x86_64, aarch64) 9 (x86_64) |
7.4+ (x86_64) (deprecated) 8.1+ (x86_64, aarch64) 9 (x86_64) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | 8.1+ (x86_64, aarch64) 9.0+ (x86_64, aarch64) |
7.4+ (x86_64) (deprecated) 8.1+ (x86_64, aarch64) 9.0+ (x86_64, aarch64) |
| Rocky Linux | 8 (x86_64, aarch64) 9 (x86_64, aarch64) |
8 (x86_64, aarch64) 9 (x86_64, aarch64) |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) | 12 SP5 (x86_64) (deprecated) 15 SP2+ (x86_64) |
12 SP5 (x86_64) 15 SP2+ (x86_64) |
| Ubuntu | 20.04 LTS (x86_64, aarch64) 22.04 LTS (x86_64, aarch64) 24.04 LTS (x86_64, aarch64) |
20.04 LTS (x86_64, aarch64) 22.04 LTS (x86_64, aarch64) 24.04 LTS (x86_64, aarch64 (new) |
To see the detailed technical specifications for NGINX Plus, refer to the official NGINX Plus documentation.
Recommended hardware
For recommended hardware, see the Sizing guide for deploying NGINX Plus on bare metal servers.