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LogScale Self-Hosted Deployment
This is an archived version of the documentation downloaded from LogScale Documentation Archives. Up to date documentation, and documentation for later versions, is available on LogScale Documentation

## System Requirements

When installing LogScale there are various system requirements for the deployment. These requirements include:

- Operating System — Operating systems for physical or virtual servers.

- Browsers — Web browsers used to interact with and use the LogScale dashboard.

- Java — A Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is required for running LogScale server. A suitable JVM is included with LogScale distributions.

- Kafka — Kafka for running LogScale server.

### Operating System

LogScale is designed to operate on a Linux-based Operating System, with assumptions made about the environment and capabilities consistent with Linux infrastructure.

The following Linux distributions are known to work:

- Debian-based distributions, including Ubuntu.

- RedHat-based distributions.

### Browsers

LogScale works within the following browsers:

- Google Chrome — the two most recent versions.

The following browsers should work but are not officially supported:

- Apple Safari — at least the three most recent versions.

- Mozilla Firefox — at least the three most recent versions.

Operation with other browsers is unknown and is not officially supported.

### Java

LogScale requires Java. A suitable JVM is included with LogScale distributions.

When installing on bare-metal or cloud environments, a suitable JDK will need to be installed. It is recommended that you install the latest LTS (Long Term Support) JDK for deployment. For compatibility, LogScale retains support for older JDK versions to allow users time to upgrade.

CrowdStrike will announce the cessation of support for any LTS JDK version 6 months ahead of time on Deprecated Features.

### Kafka

LogScale recommends that the latest version of Kafka be used with your LogScale deployment. The latest version of Kafka is available at Kafka Downloads. You can alternatively use a public managed cloud Kafka service such as Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK).

### Note

Using serverless MSK is not currently supported.

The Kafka cluster should be upgraded annually and not be more than eighteen (18) months old to ensure the best compatibility.

At a minimum, LogScale requires Kafka version 2.4.1 or higher and is tested against the latest Kafka version. For more information, see Installing Native Kafka.

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