• Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 LTS Server and Desktop—Minimal Ubuntu is not recommended as it may lack some packages required by EMS.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• CentOS Stream 9

• 2.0 GHz 64-bit processor, six virtual CPUs
• 12 GB RAM
• 80 GB free hard disk
• Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter

• Internet access is recommended, but optional, during installation. EMS also tries to download information about FortiClient signature updates from FortiGuard.

• /opt/forticlientems should not be used as a dedicated Linux mount point

Fortinet recommends that you install only FortiClient EMS and the default services on the Linux server and no other additional applications.

• 7.6.0 and later—For FortiOS 7.6.3 and later versions, see SSL VPN tunnel mode replaced with IPsec VPN.
• 7.4.0 and later
• 7.2.0 and later

• 7.4.0 and later
• 7.2.0 and later

• 7.4.0 and later

• 7.6.0 and later
• 7.4.0 and later
• 7.2.0 and later

• 7.6.5 and later
• 7.4.9 and later

  EMS 7.4.5 or later do not support FortiManager 7.4.0-7.4.8 and 7.6.0-7.6.4 due to the communication protocol upgrade from HTTP/1.0 to HTTP/2. See Changes to compatibility with FortiManager 7.4 and 7.6 for more details.

• 7.2.0 and later

• 8.0.0 and later
• 6.6.0 and later
• 6.5.0 and later