# What is the best OS to install ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-os-to-install-elk/219659>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 17, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-os-to-install-elk/219659 "2020-02-17T16:51:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-os-to-install-elk/219659/1 "2020-02-17T16:51:52Z")

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i have two servers (with similar CPU, RAM and storage but diffrent OS) one with unix and the other with microsoft Windows, i want to know what is the suitable OS fot installing ELK in terms of performance and security  
thank you very much

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**Author:** ![mikewillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mikewillis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikewillis)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-os-to-install-elk/219659/2 "2020-02-17T17:40:52Z")

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Do you really have a server running unix? If you do you can't install ELK on it so you'll have to use the Windows server.

ELK is available for Linux and macOS. Both of these are unix-like operating systems, but neither of them are unix.

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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-os-to-install-elk/219659/3 "2020-02-17T20:06:56Z")

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yes i have installed elk in both ubuntu and windows but now i want to know what is the best OS in terms of security, performance and speed  
thank you

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-os-to-install-elk/219659/4 "2020-03-16T20:07:10Z")

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