Best Linux OS for Synthetic Activegate?

[AntonioSousa]

In https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/how-to-use-dynatrace/synthetic-monitoring/private-synthetic-l...

the OS recommendations for Linux Synthetic Activegate are the following:

I mainly use Ubuntu, but 16.04 is a pretty old version. I also use CentOS, but it's now at 8.x.

Could someone give an insight into which of them is better supported, and if newer versions are supported, so I use them for further implementations?

[Radoslaw_Szulgo · Accepted solution]

We'll soon announce the support of Red Hat 8, Ubuntu 18, and CentOS 8. I'd say Red Hat/Centos is the safest due to our strong partnership with Red Hat.

[Radoslaw_Szulgo]

https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/private-synthetic-monitoring-locations-now-supported-on-red-hat-...

[AntonioSousa]

Wow, must have been one of the fastest replies on the blog 🙂

[Radoslaw_Szulgo]

coincidence 😄

[Arkadiusz_Banas · Accepted solution]

RedHat 8 is available since 1.195 (early adopter). As Radek said, Ubuntu 18 and CentOS 8 will be available soon as well. Moreover, we are currently working on supporting installation on Ubuntu 20.

[MarcelBegnor]

CentOS is what we use and works well, and has been stable so far.

[Tomasz_Wozniak]

I personally use mostly Ubuntu 18 as a Synthetic private location on a daily basis (on development stages).

[AgataWlodarczyk]

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