Installing the LogScale Collector

Available: Full and Custom Installation changes v1.136

The Full install method is available as of LogScale version v1.136 and the previous installers method is now called Custom Install.

We offer several methods for downloading and installing the LogScale Collector depending on your needs:

  • Full Installation this method provides you with a curl command based on the operating system you have selected, which install the LogScale Collector and performs some additional setup steps on the machine, additionally this method supports remote version management, see Managing Versions - Groups.

  • Custom Installation which allows you to download the LogScale Collector following using the UI and install the packages manually as required.

    Note

    This procedure does not support the remote management of LogScale Collector versions, see Managing Versions - Groups for more information.

    Additionally you can obtain a list of installers and download them from the command line, see Downloading Installers from the Command-line.

Compatibility

The LogScale Collector is compatible with the following versions:

  • Linux: The OS versions which are officially supported are listed below, but the LogScale Collector should be compatible with most modern x86-64 systemd based Debian and RHEL type systems and ARM 64 systems.

    • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS & 22.04 LTS

    • Debian 11.

    • RedHat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 & 9

  • The Windows versions which are officially supported are listed below, but the LogScale Collector should be compatible with most modern supported Windows distributions.

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard

    • Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise

    • Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise

  • The OS versions which are officially supported are:

    • macOS 12 Monterey

    • macOS 13 Ventura

    • macOS 14 Sonoma