Overview

Please refer to the minimum system requirements provided below when deploying Kerio Control. 

Kerio Control Appliance

Kerio Control is available in three different editions. Please refer to the list below for minimum system requirements for each of these three editions:

• Hardware Appliance/Kerio Control Box 
  • CPU: 2 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Hard drive: 12 GB of space for OS, product, logs, and statistics data
  • Network interface: 2 Ethernet adapters (10/100/1000 Mbit)
    

    Note: Kerio Control is based on Linux kernel version 3.16. The hardware that is supported by this kernel version is required. For the complete list of the supported hardware, please refer to the article Driver Compatibility List for PCI/USB Devices.

• VMware Virtual Appliance
  • Hardware specifications:
    • CPU: 2 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB of dedicated RAM for the virtual machine
    • Hard drive: 12 GB of dedicated space for OS, product, logs, and statistics data
    • Network interface: 2 assigned virtual network adapters
  • Supported VMware software:
    • VMware Workstation/Player 11+
    • VMware Fusion 7+
    • VMware ESXi/vSphere Hypervisor 5.5+
• Hyper-V Virtual Appliance
  • Hardware specifications:
    • CPU: 2 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB of dedicated RAM for the virtual machine
    • Hard drive: 12 GB of dedicated space for OS, product, logs, and statistics data
    • Network interface: 2 assigned virtual network adapters
  • Supported Windows Server OS:
    • Windows Server 2019
    • Windows Server 2016
    • Windows Server 2012 R2
    • Windows Server 2012
    • Windows Server 2008 R2

Kerio Control VPN Clients

The list below contains all of the supported operating systems for Kerio Control VPN clients:

• Supported Windows editions:
  • Windows 10 (all editions)
  • Windows 8.1 (all editions except RT)
  • Windows 7 (all editions)
  • Windows Vista (all editions)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (all editions except Core)
  • Windows Server 2012 (all editions except Core)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions except Core)
  • Windows Server 2008 (all editions except Core)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (all editions)
  • Windows Server 2003 (all editions)
    

    Note: The latest service pack and up-to-date security patches are required (unless otherwise stated).

• Supported Mac OS versions:
  
  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • macOS 10.12 Sierra
  • macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • macOS 10.14 Mojave
    

    Note: The latest updates are a requirement (unless otherwise stated).

• Supported Linux versions:
  • Debian 8, 9
  • Ubuntu 15.10+
    
    
• IPSec VPN clients:
  • Android 5 and up
  • Apple iOS 8 and up
  • Windows 10 Mobile

Basic User Login

Kerio Control supports all HTTP(S)-compliant web browsers, including mobile browsers, for the basic user login. However, Kerio Control may require certain browsers to support the configured encryption protocol. Here are the minimum system requirements for accessing the Kerio Control Administration and Kerio Control Statistics interfaces:

• CPU: 1 GHz. However, a 2.4 GHz dual-core processor is recommended for the best performance.
• Memory: 1 GB RAM (512 MB on Windows XP with Firefox or Google Chrome)
• Recommended browsers:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge 20 or newer
  • Firefox 23 or newer
  • Safari 5 or newer
  • Google Chrome 31 or newer

Note: Learn more about additional Kerio Hardware appliances. 

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