Supported platforms and compatibility for DSE OpsCenter

You must install DSE OpsCenter on a supported platform, and your DataStax Enterprise (DSE) version must be compatible with your OpsCenter version.

OpsCenter and DSE compatibility

OpsCenter is only compatible with DSE clusters.

Your OpsCenter and DSE versions must be compatible to use OpsCenter and the DataStax Agent to manage your DSE cluster.

The following table lists compatible DSE versions (LTS and latest only) for OpsCenter 6.0 and later. DataStax recommends using the latest version of OpsCenter.

This information applies to both monitored and storage clusters.

OpsCenter compatibility with DSE versions
OpsCenter version DSE version

6.8.39 and later

  • 6.9

  • 6.8

  • 5.1

6.8.4 - 6.8.38

  • 6.8

  • 5.1

6.8 - 6.8.3

6.8

6.7 (EOSL)

5.1

6.5 (EOSL)

5.1

6.1 (EOSL)

5.1

6.0 (EOSL)

Not compatible with any LTS or latest version of DSE

Supported platforms for OpsCenter

OpsCenter 6.8 supports full package and tarball installations on the following platforms:

  • Amazon Linux 2023 AMI

  • Amazon Linux 2 AMI

  • macOS X

  • Oracle Linux 9

  • Oracle Linux 8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • Rocky Linux 9

  • Rocky Linux 8

  • Ubuntu LTS 24.04

  • Ubuntu LTS 22.04

  • Ubuntu LTS 20.04

LCM supported platform check for DSE install jobs

In OpsCenter 6.1.3 and later, Lifecycle Manager (LCM) automatically checks for platform compatibility when starting a DSE install job. This check prevents DSE from being installed on unsupported platforms. For more information, see Job tasks in Lifecycle Manager (LCM).

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