Supported operating systems
The Niagara Frame work® supports “Professional”, “Enterprise“, and “Ultimate” level operating systems (OS) as shown in the following tables.
Niagara 4.10 - 4.15: supported operating systems
| Operating Systems | Niagara 4.10 | Niagara 4.11 | Niagara 4.12 | Niagara 4.13 | Niagara 4.14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7/8.1 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x 64–bit | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | No | No | No | Yes (Supervisor only) | Yes (Supervisor only) |
| Ubuntu Desktop & Server 20.04 LTS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ubuntu Desktop & Server 22.04 LTS | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise, SP2 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2012 Standard/Enterprise, SP2 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Enterprise, SP2 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2019 Server Core | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2022 | Yes (4.10u6 and later) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 8 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 10 (32-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 10 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 11 (64–bit) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware - ESXi 5.1.0 | No | No | No | No | No |
| VMware - ESXi 5.5 | No | No | No | No | No |
| VMware - ESXi 6.0 | No | No | No | No | No |
| VMware - ESXi 6.7 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware - Server 2 | No | No | No | No | |
| Microsoft Virtual Server 2008 | No | No | No | No | No |
Note: To install Niagara on a Windows host, you must be logged in to Windows as a user with administrator privileges.
Niagara 4.4 - 4.9: supported operating systems
| Operating Systems | Niagara 4.4 | Niagara 4.6 | Niagara 4.7 | Niagara 4.8 | Niagara 4.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (64-bit) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (64-bit) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7/8.1 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x 64–bit | No | No | No | No | No |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ubuntu Desktop & Server 20.04 LTS | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise, SP2 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2012 Standard/Enterprise, SP2 (64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Enterprise, SP2 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Windows Server 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2019 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Windows Server 2019 Server Core | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2022 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Windows 8 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit/64-bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32-bit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Windows 10 (32-bit) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Windows 10 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 11 (64–bit) | No | No | No | No | No |
| VMware - ESXi 5.1.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| VMware - ESXi 5.5 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| VMware - ESXi 6.0 | No | No | No | Yes update 5224934 | No |
| VMware - ESXi 6.7 | No | No | No | No | Yes update 5224934 |
| VMware - Server 2 | No | No | No | No | |
| Microsoft Virtual Server 2008 | No | No | No | No | No |