Operating System

The Insight Agent is supported on the following operating systems:

Windows

The Insight Agent is supported on desktop and server versions of the Windows operating system while those versions are in mainstream or extended support from Microsoft. For more information on Microsoft Lifecycle policies, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/general-lifecycle.

Additional Windows requirements

If you are installing the Insight Agent on Windows assets for use with InsightIDR or InsightOps, make sure that the event log is enabled on your assets. You can refer to our InsightIDR event sources documentation for more information.

Mac

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• macOS 10.14 Mojave
• macOS 10.15 Catalina
• macOS 11.0 Big Sur

Linux

We support all versions of Linux associated with the following distributions as long as they are in mainstream or long-term support by their vendors.

• Debian
• CentOS
• Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Ubuntu
• Fedora
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
• openSUSE LEAP
• Amazon Linux 1
• Amazon Linux 2

Additional Linux requirements

If you are installing the Insight Agent on Linux assets for use with InsightIDR, note that the auditd service must be present on your assets, but disabled.

End-of-life dates for operating system versions

The operating system versions in the following tables are scheduled for end-of-life (EOL) by the indicated date. The Insight Agent is no longer supported on versions that have reached their EOL date. Operating systems scheduled for EOL will appear here 1 year prior to their official EOL date.