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title: Supported Platforms
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  virtual environments. The Couchbase Server Web Console supports most recent
  major browsers.
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# Supported Platforms

> Couchbase Server supports several popular operating systems and virtual environments. The Couchbase Server Web Console supports most recent major browsers. 

## [](#oses)Supported Operating Systems

Choose an operating system from the following list for your Couchbase Server deployment.

> [!NOTE]
> Couchbase clusters do not support mixed platforms. Nodes in a Couchbase cluster must all run on the same OS and the same version. When updating the OS, apply the updates to all nodes the cluster.

For hardware requirements, see [System Resource Requirements](pre-install.md).

__Table 1\. Supported Operating Systems for Development, Testing, and Production__
| Operating System                                          | Supported Versions (64-bit)                   |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Alma Linux                                                | 10.x 9.x                                      |
| Amazon Linux 2023                                         | AL2023 (x86-64, ARM64)                        |
| Debian                                                    | 13.x 12.x 11.x                                |
| Oracle Linux\[[1](#%5Ffootnotedef%5F1 "View footnote.")\] | 10.x 9.x 8.x                                  |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)                           | 10.x 9.x 8.x                                  |
| Rocky Linux                                               | 10.x 9.x                                      |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)                       | 15.x                                          |
| Ubuntu                                                    | 24.04 LTS (x86, ARM64) 22.04 LTS (x86, ARM64) |
| Windows Server                                            | 2025 2022                                     |

__Table 2\. Supported Operating Systems for Development and Testing Only__
| Operating System | Supported Versions (64-bit)           |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| macOS            | 15 "Sequoia" 14 "Sonoma" 13 "Ventura" |
| Windows Desktop  | 11                                    |

## [](#supported-virtualization-and-container-platforms)Supported Virtualization and Container Platforms

When running Couchbase Server in virtualized or containerized environments, base the container or VM on one of the operating systems listed under [Supported Operating Systems](#oses). Couchbase Server has no operating system requirements for the system hosting the VM or container.

__Table 3\. Supported VM and Container Platforms__
| Platform                           | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Docker                             | Couchbase Server is compatible with Docker. You can find official Docker images at [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/%5F/couchbase). Follow the best practices to run [Couchbase Server on a virtualized environment](best-practices-vm.md). |
| Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) | Couchbase Server is compatible with KVM. Follow the best practices to run [Couchbase Server on a virtualized environment](best-practices-vm.md).                                                                                               |
| Kubernetes                         | [Couchbase Autonomous Operator](../../../operator/current/overview.md) provides Kubernetes integration.                                                                                                                                        |
| Red Hat OpenShift                  | [Couchbase Autonomous Operator](../../../operator/current/overview.md) provides Red Hat OpenShift integration.                                                                                                                                 |
| VMware                             | Couchbase Server is compatible with VMware. Follow the best practices to run [Couchbase Server on a virtualized environment](best-practices-vm.md).                                                                                            |

## [](#supported-browsers)Supported Web Browsers

Couchbase Web Console is supported on a variety of modern Web browsers.

__Table 4\. Couchbase Web Console Supported Web Browsers__
| Browser         | Operating System (64-bit) | Browser Version | Couchbase platform |
| --------------- | ------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------ |
| Apple Safari    | macOS                     | 11.1+           | 7.67.27.17.0       |
| Google Chrome   | macOS, Windows            | 67+             | 7.67.27.17.0       |
| Microsoft Edge  | Windows                   | 80+             | 7.67.27.17.0       |
| Mozilla Firefox | macOS, Windows            | 67+             | 7.67.27.17.0       |

## [](#capella-browser-support)Capella Browser Support

See [Supported Web Browsers](../../../cloud/reference/browser-compatibility.md) for a list of the web browsers that Capella supports.

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[1](#%5Ffootnoteref%5F1). Only the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) is supported. The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) is not supported.