Prerequisites

We recommend that you understand the following prerequisites before installing CrowdSec:

Hardware

CrowdSec is a lightweight software that can run on most modern hardware.

However, the recommendation is at least:

• platform:
  • amd64
  • arm64
  • armhf
• 1 CPU core
• 100mb of free RAM
• 1GB of free disk space

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We recommend 1gb of free disk space due to the amount of data that can be stored in the database.

Operating System

We support the following operating systems:

• Linux
• FreeBSD
• Windows
• MacOS (through Docker)
• Kubernetes

See version matrix for detailed breakdown

Ports

CrowdSec Security Engine uses the following default ports these can be altered after installation:

• 6060/tcp: Prometheus metrics port
• 8080/tcp: API port