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Supported Operating Systems

Couchbase Server is supported on numerous popular operating systems and virtual environments.

Certified: Couchbase has performed an extensive testing and review process to make sure that Couchbase Server runs well out of the box on the specified platform.

Supported: Couchbase believes that Couchbase Server will run well out of the box on the specified platform, but extensive testing has not been performed. Couchbase will make a best effort to investigate issues on a Supported platform version, but it is recommended that you run Couchbase on a Certified platform version.

All listed operating systems are 64-bit.

Table 1. Supported Operating Systems for Development, Testing, and Production
Operating System	Version
Amazon Linux*	Certified 2018.03
CentOS	Certified 7.2, 7.4; Supported 7.x Certified 6.7, 6.9; Supported 6.x
Debian	Certified 9; Supported 9.x Certified 8
Oracle Linux**	Certified 7.3 Certified 6.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	Certified 7.2; Supported 7.x Certified 6.5; Supported 6.x
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)	Certified 12; Supported 12.x Certified 11.4; Supported 11.x
Ubuntu	Certified 16.04 Certified 14.04
Windows Server	Certified 2016 Standard; Supported with monthly rollups Certified 2012 R2 Standard; Supported with monthly rollups

Amazon Linux is only supported when it is run using the official Couchbase Server AMI on AWS.
- Only the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) is supported. The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) is not supported.

Table 2. Supported Operating Systems for Development and Testing
Operating System	Version
macOS	Certified 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra)
Windows	Certified 10 Anniversary Update

For information about the platform support changes in this release, see the release notes.

For information about supported web browsers, see Supported Web Browsers.