Operating System Compatibility for WatchGuard NDR Components
Last revised: 6 July 2026
You must log in to WatchGuard Cloud to download these components. This software is not available from the WatchGuard Software Downloads page. For more information, go to Configure Collection Agents for WatchGuard NDR (Windows Computers) and Configure Collection Agents for WatchGuard NDR (Linux Computers).
WatchGuard NDR Collection Agent for Windows
This table shows supported operating systems and virtualization environments for the WatchGuard NDR Collection Agent for Windows.
| WatchGuard NDR Collector Virtualization Environment | Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
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| Hyper-V |
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| VMware ESXi 6.7 |
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| VMware ESXi 7.0.3 |
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| VMware ESXi 8.0 |
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| KVM Hypervisor QEMU 9.0.0 |
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1Windows Server 2022, build 20348.2402
2Windows Server 2022, build 20348.2527
WatchGuard NDR Collection Agent for Linux
This table shows supported operating systems and virtualization environments for the WatchGuard NDR Collection Agent for Linux.
| WatchGuard NDR Collector Virtualization Environment | Ubuntu 22.04 Server LTS1 | Ubuntu 24.04 Server LTS2 |
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| Hyper-V |
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| VMware ESXi 7.0.3 |
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| VMware ESXi 8.0 |
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| KVM Hypervisor QEMU 9.0.0 |
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| Oracle Virtual Box 7.0 |
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1We recommend Ubuntu 22.04 Server LTS.
2If you install Ubuntu 24.04 Server LTS on the same server as WatchGuard EPDR, make sure you upgrade your Linux protection to 3.05.00.0001 or higher.
Only the full Ubuntu server installation is supported. The default (previously called minimal) installation is not supported.
Windows Log Agent for Windows
This table shows supported operating systems and virtualization environments for the Windows Log Agent for Windows.
| Windows Log Agent Virtualization Environment | Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
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| VMware ESXi 6.7 |
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| VMware ESXi 7.0.3 |
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| VMware ESXi 8.0 |
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