Supported Platforms
Chef InSpec is supported on the operating systems (platforms) listed below.
Commercially supported platforms
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms and versions for Chef InSpec.
Platform | Architecture | Version |
---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | x86_64 , aarch64 | 2.x |
Debian | x86_64 , aarch64 (10.x only) | 9 , 10 , 11 |
macOS | x86_64 , aarch64 (M1 processors) | 11.x , 12.x |
Oracle Enterprise Linux | x86_64 , aarch64 (7.x / 8.x only) | 6.x , 7.x , 8.x |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64 , aarch64 (7.x, 8.x and 9.x only) | 7.x , 8.x , 9.x |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | x86_64 , aarch64 (15.x only) | 12.x , 15.x |
Ubuntu | x86_64 | 16.04 , 18.04 , 20.04 |
Windows | x86_64 | 8.1 , 2012 , 2012 R2 , 2016 , 10 (all channels except “insider” builds), 2019 , 11 , 2022 |
Derived platforms
The following table lists supported derived platforms and versions for Chef InSpec.
See our policy on support for derived platforms for more information.
Platform | Architecture | Version | Parent platform |
---|---|---|---|
AlmaLinux | x86_64 , aarch64 | 8.x | CentOS |
Rocky Linux | x86_64 , aarch64 | 8.x | CentOS |
Chef InSpec Target Mode (inspec --target
) may be functional on additional platforms, versions, and architectures but aren’t validated by Chef.