# Supported Operating Systems

Bindplane Server can be installed on Linux[^1]<sup>1</sup> and supports the following distributions:

* Enterprise Linux[^2]<sup>2</sup> 9, 10
* Debian 12, 13
* Ubuntu LTS, following Ubuntu's LTS support lifecycle <https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle>
* SUSE Linux 15, 16

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1. *While Bindplane Server will generally run on any modern distribution of Linux, `systemd` is the only supported init system.*
2. *Enterprise Linux refers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and derivatives such as Oracle Enterprise* *Linux, Scientific Linux, CentOS, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux.*

[^1]: While Bindplane Server will generally run on any modern distribution of Linux, systemd is the only supported init system.

[^2]: Enterprise Linux refers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and derivatives such as Oracle Enterprise Linux, CentOS, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux.


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