Technical Specifications
This document describes the requirements for NGINX Agent.
Supported Distributions
NGINX Agent can run in most environments. We support the following distributions:
| AlmaLinux | Alpine Linux | Amazon Linux | Amazon Linux 2 | CentOS | Debian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 8 9 |
3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 |
2023 | LTS | 7.4+ | 11 12 |
| Architecture | x86_84 aarch64 |
x86_64 aarch64 |
x86_64 aarch64 |
x86_64 aarch64 |
x86_64 aarch64 |
x86_64 aarch64 |
| FreeBSD | Oracle Linux | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) |
Rocky Linux | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) |
Ubuntu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 13 14 |
7.4+ 8.1+ 9 |
7.4+ 8.1+ 9.0+ |
8 9 |
12 SP5 15 SP2 |
20.04 LTS 22.04 LTS |
| Architecture | amd64 | x86_64 | x86_64 aarch64 |
x86_64 aarch64 |
x86_64 | x86_64 aarch64 |
Supported Deployment Environments
NGINX Agent can be deployed in the following environments:
- Bare Metal
- Container
- Public Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure
- Virtual Machine
Supported NGINX Versions
NGINX Agent works with all supported versions of NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus.
Sizing Recommendations
Minimum system sizing recommendations for NGINX Agent:
| CPU | Memory | Network | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 CPU core | 1 GB RAM | 1 GbE NIC | 20 GB |
Logging
NGINX Agent utilizes log files and formats to collect metrics. Increasing the log formats and instance counts will result in increased log file sizes. To prevent system storage issues due to a growing log directory, it is recommended to add a separate partition for /var/log/nginx-agent and enable log rotation.