Flex Agent system requirements

Follow these requirements to install and use the Flex Agent

Flex Agent installation requirements

Before you install the Flex Agent, you must meet the following requirements:

You have administrative access to a web server, and the server meets the general requirements.
There is a deployed application to be analyzed, and Contrast supports the web application technology.
You can restart the deployed application.
The web server has network connectivity with Contrast. For additional features, such as agent update, connectivity to the Contrast Artifactory instance, public dependency repositories, or private dependency repositories may also be required.

Requirement	Supported technologies	Notes
Operating system	Linux	Any currently supported version of a Linux operating system should work. Contrast explicitly tests: Debian Bullseye (11) Bookworm (12) Trixie (13) RHEL Rocky Linux 8 Rocky Linux 9 Rocky Linx 10 Ubuntu Xerial (16.04_ Bionic (18.04) Focal (20.04) Jammy (22.04) Noble (24.04) Oracular Plucky (25.04) Questing
Processor architecture	64-bit	Supported: x86_64 and ARM processors
LibC support	GLibC Musl	Musl testing uses Alpine images
CPU	At least 4	Minimum: 2 While the Flex Agent does not significantly impact CPU, applications to which it attaches agents may see an increase in CPU usage.
Memory	At least 8GB	Minimum: 4 GB While the Flex Agent does not significantly impact memory, applications to which it attaches agents may see an increase in memory usage.
Disk space	1GB	The Flex Agent contains a version of each Contrast agent. Uncompressed, this bundle is approximately 750MB.
System commands	`cp` `ln` `mkdir` `rm` `useradd` or `adduser`	The Flex Agent installation process uses these commands to properly configure the system.

Proper attachment of individual agents requires adherence to their supported technologies and system requirements.

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