Supported operating systems and machine types

Before working with Systems Manager, verify that your operating system (OS), OS version, and machine type are supported as managed nodes.

Supported operating systems for Systems Manager

The following sections list the OSs and OS versions supported by Systems Manager.

Note

If you plan to manage and configure AWS IoT Greengrass core devices by using Systems Manager, those devices must meet the requirements for AWS IoT Greengrass. For more information, see Setting up AWS IoT Greengrass core devices in the AWS IoT Greengrass Version 2 Developer Guide.

If you plan to manage and configure AWS IoT and non-AWS edge devices, those devices must meet the requirements listed here and be configured as on-premises managed nodes for Systems Manager. For more information, see Managing edge devices with Systems Manager.

Important

We strongly recommend that you avoid using OS versions that have reached End-of-Life (EOL). OS vendors including AWS typically don't provide security patches or other updates for versions that have reached EOL. Continuing to use an EOL system greatly increases the risk of not being able to apply upgrades, including security fixes, and other operational problems. AWS does not test Systems Manager functionality on OS versions that have reached EOL.

Patch Manager, a tool in Systems Manager, might not support all the OS versions listed in this topic. For a list of OS versions supported by Patch Manager, see Patch Manager prerequisites.

Operating system types

• Linux

• macOS (Amazon EC2 instances only)

• Windows Server

Select an OS platform to see the supported major and minor versions.

Linux

AlmaLinux

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
8.3–8.10		✓	✓
9.x		✓	✓

Amazon Linux 2

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
2.0 and all later versions		✓	✓

Amazon Linux 2023

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
2023.0.20230315.0 and all later versions		✓	✓

Bottlerocket

Versions	x86_64	ARM64
1.0.0 and all later versions	✓	✓

CentOS Stream

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
9		✓	✓

Debian Server

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
Bullseye (11)		✓	✓
Bookworm (12)		✓	✓

Oracle Linux

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
7.5–7.8		✓
8.x		✓
9.x		✓

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
7.0–7.5		✓
7.6–8.x		✓	✓
9.x		✓	✓
10.x		✓	✓

Rocky Linux

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
8.x		✓	✓
9.x		✓	✓

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
15.3 and later versionsx		✓	✓

Ubuntu Server

Versions	x86	x86_64	ARM64
16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS		✓	✓
20.04 LTS		✓	✓
22.04 LTS		✓	✓
24.04 LTS		✓	✓
25.04		✓	✓

macOS (Amazon EC2 instances only)

Version	x86	x86_64	Mac with Apple silicon
13.x (Ventura)		✓	✓
14.x (Sonoma)		✓	✓
15.x (Sequoia)		✓	✓

Note

macOS is not supported in all AWS Regions. For more information about Amazon EC2 support for macOS, see Amazon EC2 Mac instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Windows Server

SSM Agent requires Windows PowerShell 3.0 or later to run certain AWS Systems Manager documents (SSM documents) on Windows Server instances (for example, the legacy AWS-ApplyPatchBaseline document). Verify that your Windows Server instances are running Windows Management Framework 3.0 or later. This framework includes Windows PowerShell. For more information, see Windows Management Framework 3.0.

Version	x86	x86_64	ARM64
2012 and 2012 R2²		✓
2016		✓
2019		✓
2022		✓
2025		✓

¹ Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 support: Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reached end of support on October 10, 2023. To use SSM Agent with these versions, we recommend using Extended Security Updates (ESUs) from Microsoft. For more information, see Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reaching end of support on the Microsoft website.

Supported machine types in hybrid and multicloud environments

Systems Manager supports a number of machine types as managed nodes. A managed node is any machine configured to work with Systems Manager.

This user guide uses the term hybrid and multicloud to refer to an environment that contains any combination of the following machine types:

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances

• Servers on your own premises (on-premises servers)

• AWS IoT Greengrass core devices

• AWS IoT and non-AWS edge devices

• Virtual machines (VMs), including VMs in other cloud environments

For information about AWS support for hybrid and multicloud environments, see AWS Solutions for Hybrid and Multicloud.