# Is metricbeat compatible for latest rhel 5 patchset
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988 "2020-02-26T09:13:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988/1 "2020-02-26T09:13:43Z")
is metricbeat.6.2.x compatible to latest rhel 2.6.18-437.el5 ?
any link to get support/compatibility matrix for elastic 6.5.x
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### Author:  [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988/2 "2020-02-26T09:34:57Z")
Hi!
Maybe this can help: [https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix)
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### Author:  [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988/3 "2020-02-27T01:44:52Z")
Thanks for reply but this shows only rhel 6 onwards ,
is metric incompatible with rhel 5 ? if yes, is there recommended script to collect server metrics ?
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### Author:  [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988/4 "2020-02-27T08:37:20Z")
I guess that this is not compatible since it is old? This means that you can most probably use it but there is no guaranty.
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### Author:  [@vijay\_kaali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vijay_kaali)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988/5 "2020-02-28T04:59:20Z")
will this work [https://dave.cheney.net/tag/redhat](https://dave.cheney.net/tag/redhat) if the version is 2.6.18-238+ of RHEL5
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-metricbeat-compatible-for-latest-rhel-5-patchset/220988/6 "2020-03-27T05:03:30Z")
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