This knowledge base article lists the system requirements of the Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux for Sophos Central, Sophos Enterprise Console and the standalone versions.
The following sections are covered:
Applies to the following Sophos products and versions
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 10
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 10 offers additional capabilities which include Malicious Traffic Detection and Sophos Security Heartbeat™ (applies to Central Server Protection license).
Here is the list of its minimum system requirements:
- Supported distributions (latest minor point or LTS version):
- Amazon Linux, Amazon Linux 2
- CentOS 6/7
- Debian 9, 10
- Oracle Linux 6/7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7/8
- SUSE 12/15
- Ubuntu 16/18 LTS
- System type: x86_64
- Library version: GNU C Library (Glibc) 2.11+
- Kernel version: Kernel 2.6.32+
- Free disk space: 1 GB
- Free Memory: 1 GB
- Stack sizes: Non-default stack sizes are not supported.
- Language version: English and Japanese (EUC and UTF-8). Shift JIS and JIS are not supported.
- For Docker containers support see Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: Docker containers support
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 9
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 9 is the only version available for the standalone and Enterprise Console-managed versions.
Here is the list of its minimum system requirements:
- Supported Distributions (latest minor point or LTS version):
- Amazon Linux, Amazon Linux 2
- CentOS 6/7
- Debian 9, 10
- Oracle Linux 6/7
- Red Hat Enterprise 6/7/8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 32-bit version supported until Nov 30th 2020
- SUSE 12/15
- Ubuntu 16/18 LTS
- System type:x86_64
- Free disk space: 1 GB
- Free Memory: 1 GB
- Stack sizes: Non-default stack sizes are not supported.
- Language version: English and Japanese (EUC and UTF-8). Shift JIS and JIS are not supported.
- Latest version of Sophos products
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 9
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux 10
- Additional steps required for SAV on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Endpoint Security and Control: Retirement calendar for supported platforms and operating systems
- Installing the standalone version of SAV for Linux/UNIX
- Installing an Enterprise Console managed endpoint with Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
- Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux: Docker containers support
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