Support for Operating Systems in SAS^® Viya^® 3.5

Operating System Support

SAS Viya software can be deployed on the operating systems that are listed on this page. Deploy the software on the operating system that you selected when you placed your software order.

IMPORTANT:  SAS Viya 3.5 on selected operating systems enters Limited Support from SAS in 2025. You will have the option to remain in Standard Support if your deployment meets certain requirements, which include a reduced set of supported operating systems. For detailed information, see SAS Technical Support Policies: Standard Support Extension for SAS Viya 3.5 on Linux.

End users can also access the product user interfaces for SAS Viya applications from a desktop computer, using a supported web browser. Because SAS software is not installed on this machine, the requirements are minimal. UNIX 64-bit and Windows 64-bit operating systems are supported. Apple OS X 10.10 and later is supported for SAS Viya user interfaces that support Apple Safari.

For information about web browsers and mobile platforms that are supported for client access, see the SAS Viya Support for Web Browsers page.

SAS Support for Alternative Operating Systems

See SAS Support for Alternative Operating Systems for the statement of SAS’s support for operating systems other than those listed here.

Supported Distributions of Linux (for 64-bit x86)

IMPORTANT: Deployment of SAS Viya on Linux requires Red Hat Ansible. Information about supported versions of Ansible is provided in the SAS Viya 3.5 Deployment Guide. Do not attempt to deploy SAS Viya on Linux until you have verified that you are running a supported version of Ansible. See Red Hat Ansible Requirements for detailed guidance.

In a multi-machine deployment, SAS recommends that all server machines have the same version of Linux, including the distribution, release, and patch level. A mixture of Linux versions is not supported. In addition, all CAS Server machines must be running the same version of Linux.

 

The following operating systems are supported:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 and later within 7.x
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.1 and later within 7.x *
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 and later within 8.x **
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.2 and later within 8.x *
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 and later within 12.x ***

* Oracle Linux is not supported for SAS Fraud Management.
** Customers have reported issues when deploying SAS Viya services on Red Hat 8.8 using Kernel Version 4.18.0-477. For more information, see this SAS Communities post. Individual product support for operating systems later than Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x is limited at this time. See Supported Products for the full list.
*** SUSE Linux is not supported for SAS Business Orchestration Services, SAS Fraud Management, SAS Visual Investigator, or SAS Intelligence and Investigation Management deployments. SUSE Linux 15 is not supported.

Limited Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

SAS Viya 3.5 previously offered full support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and later within 6.x. However, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has reached its Extended Life Cycle Support phase, which means that “Software maintenance, new bug fixes and security errata will no longer be provided for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 product family,” according to Red Hat.

Because a supported version of Ansible is not readily available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, new deployments of SAS Viya 3.5 are no longer supported on those operating systems. If you are running SAS Viya on one of those operating systems, contact SAS Technical Support before you attempt to update, upgrade, or otherwise redeploy your software. These same policies also apply to Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.x.

Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

SAS Viya 3.5 previously offered full support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 and later within 7.x. However, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has reached its Extended Life Cycle Support phase (ELS) from Red Hat, with only Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 qualifying for ELS. SAS Viya 3.5 running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x will have a Limited Support date that aligns with the SAS Viya 3.5 platform Limited Support date, with the exception of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9.

Existing deployments on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 will be eligible for an extension of Standard Support if certain criteria are met. For more information, see SAS Technical Support Policies: Standard Support Extension for SAS Viya 3.5 on Linux.

Support for Linux on Power

Deployments of SAS Viya 3.5 on Linux on the Power Architecture are not eligible for an extension to Standard Support. These deployments will enter Limited Support from SAS in 2025. For more information, see SAS Technical Support Policies: Standard Support Extension for SAS Viya 3.5 on Linux.

The following guidance applies until February 2025: 

Linux on the Power Architecture requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 with the kernel version 4.14. The IBM POWER9 CPU is required.

SAS Viya 3.5 has been compiled specifically for the POWER9 architecture. The required kernel version 4.14 is provided by the Linux kernel-alt packages.

SAS Viya GPU support extends to Linux on Power.

The following SAS Viya products cannot be installed on Linux on Power:
SAS/ACCESS to Google BigQuery, SAS Analytics for IoT, SAS Assortment Planning, SAS Business Orchestration Services, SAS Demand Planning, SAS Event Stream Processing, SAS Financial Planning, SAS Fraud Management, SAS Intelligence and Investigation Management, SAS Markdown Optimization, and SAS Visual Investigator.

Supported Distributions of Windows

Deployments of SAS Viya 3.5 on Windows are not eligible for an extension to Standard Support. These deployments will enter Limited Support from SAS in 2025.

The following operating systems are supported until February 1, 2025:

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, Essentials, Foundation, and Standard Edition (64-bit version)
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter, Essentials, and Standard Edition (64-bit version)
• Windows Server 2019 Datacenter and Standard Edition (64-bit version)
  

Starting with the October 2024 (24w44) revision of SAS Viya 3.5, SAS Event Stream Processing for Windows is no longer delivered.