# Supported Systems

**VirtualMetric** supports the following operating systems, virtualization providers, protocols, and applications and services for monitoring and log collection.

## Operating Systems

**Linux**:

* CentOS 5, 6, 7
* CloudLinux 5, 6, 7
* Debian 7, 8
* RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7
* Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04

**Windows**:

* Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
* Windows Server Core 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
* Windows Nano Server
* Windows 7, 8, 10

## Virtualization Providers

**VMWare**:

* vSphere
* Bare Metal

## Protocols

* **Windows**: WS-Man (HTTP / HTTPS)
* **VMWare**: SOAP (HTTP / HTTPS)
* **Linux**: SSH / SCP

## Applications

* MicroSoft IIS
* Microsoft Exchange
* Microsoft Active Directory
* Microsoft SQL

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In addition to the above, the following services, listeners, consumers, and endpoints are also available in **VirtualMetric** independent of the underlying platform.

## Services

* Locations
* Web Sites
* DNS
* ICMP
* IPAM
* TCP
* Database

## Listeners

* Syslog Listener
* Flow Endpoints
* eStreamer
* TFTP Listener
* TCP Listener
* UDP Listener
* HTTP Listener
* SMTP Listener
* SNMP Listener

## Consumers

* Redis Consumer
* Kafka Consumer
* RabbitMQ Consumer
* NATS Consumer


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