https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/OS-Compatibility/m-p/690588#M28301 <P><SPAN>Mixing OS types is not recommended, that said CentOS and RHEL are mostly aligned and it should work, and you want to ensure the kernel level is supported. &nbsp;<STRONG>BUT</STRONG> if you don’t follow best practices, you then take the <STRONG>risk</STRONG>, in terms of something not working due to OS specific configuration/libraries, package management/file systems/performance etc. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Most Enterprise’s <STRONG>standardise</STRONG>, so they have baseline OS config as standard, and ensure that the hardware and software requirements are met for Splunk. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>There is a table here of the kernels level support </SPAN></P><P><SPAN><A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.2.1/Installation/Systemrequirements#Supported_Operating_Systems" target="_blank">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.2.1/Installation/Systemrequirements#Supported_Operating_Systems</A>&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:42:55 GMT deepakc 2024-06-13T08:42:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/OS-Compatibility/m-p/690580#M28300 <P>Hi all,</P><P><SPAN>we have a cluster on <STRONG>site1</STRONG> that runs&nbsp;</SPAN> <SPAN>&nbsp; "<SPAN class="">CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core)</SPAN>" on kernal "<SPAN class="">4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.x86_64 </SPAN>". on all peers.&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>and we would like to deploy the site2 cluster with&nbsp;RHEL 8&nbsp;on all the cluster members.</SPAN></P><P><STRONG>would that cause any problems with Splunk's functionality?</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:22:32 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/OS-Compatibility/m-p/690580#M28300 hazem 2024-06-13T06:22:32Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/OS-Compatibility/m-p/690588#M28301 <P><SPAN>Mixing OS types is not recommended, that said CentOS and RHEL are mostly aligned and it should work, and you want to ensure the kernel level is supported. &nbsp;<STRONG>BUT</STRONG> if you don’t follow best practices, you then take the <STRONG>risk</STRONG>, in terms of something not working due to OS specific configuration/libraries, package management/file systems/performance etc. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Most Enterprise’s <STRONG>standardise</STRONG>, so they have baseline OS config as standard, and ensure that the hardware and software requirements are met for Splunk. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>There is a table here of the kernels level support </SPAN></P><P><SPAN><A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.2.1/Installation/Systemrequirements#Supported_Operating_Systems" target="_blank">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.2.1/Installation/Systemrequirements#Supported_Operating_Systems</A>&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:42:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/OS-Compatibility/m-p/690588#M28301 deepakc 2024-06-13T08:42:55Z