Requirements and prerequisites

Requirements specific to your environment will be covered in the installation process.

Valid configurations

Every Portainer release goes through functional, release and post-release testing to ensure it works as expected. Because we cannot test against every configuration variant out there, we test against a subset.

The following tables list all of the configurations that we have tested, validated and consider to be functional. If a variant is not listed, it doesn't mean it won't work, it just means it hasn't been tested.

A note on Podman support

At present, Portainer does not fully support running on Podman environments. While some aspects of Portainer do function with Podman, it isn't a platform that we test on or build for, and there are known issues. We currently do not have an ETA on when full Podman support will be implemented in Portainer.

Portainer Business Edition (BE)

Portainer Version	Release Date	Docker Version	Kubernetes Version	Architectures
Business 2.20.3	May 21, 2024	25.0.5	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.20.2	May 1, 2024	25.0.5	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.20.1	April 5, 2024	23.0.6 24.0.6	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.20.0	March 19, 2024	23.0.6 24.0.6	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.19.4	December 6, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.19.3	November 22, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.19.2	November 13, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.19.1	September 20, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.19.0	August 31, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.18.4	July 7, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.18.3	May 22, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.18.2	May 1, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.18.1	April 18, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.17.1	February 22, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.17.0	February 7, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.16.2	November 21, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.16.1	November 9, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.16.0	October 31, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.15.1	September 16, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.15.0	September 6, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.14.2	July 26, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.14.1	July 12, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.14.0	June 28, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.13.1	May 12, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.13.0	May 9, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.12.2	April 4, 2022	20.10.7 20.10.11 20.10.12	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.12.1	March 9, 2022	20.10.7 20.10.11 20.10.12	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.12.0	March 8, 2022	20.10.7 20.10.11 20.10.12	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.10.0	November 15, 2021	20.10.6 20.10.7 20.10.8	1.19.11 1.20.7 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.7.0	July 29, 2021	20.10.6 20.10.7	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.4.0	May 4, 2021	20.10.5	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.0.1	February 22, 2021	19.03.13	1.17.3 1.18.6 1.19.3	ARM64, x86_64
Business 2.0.0	December 3, 2020	19.03.13	1.17.3 1.18.6 1.19.3	ARM64, x86_64

Portainer Community Edition (CE)

Portainer Version	Release Date	Docker Version	Kubernetes Version	Architectures
Community 2.20.3	May 21, 2024	25.0.5	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.20.2	May 1, 2024	25.0.5	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.20.1	April 5, 2024	23.0.6 24.0.6	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.20.0	March 19, 2024	23.0.6 24.0.6	1.24 1.26 1.27	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.19.4	December 6, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.19.3	November 22, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.19.2	November 13, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.19.1	September 20, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.19.0	August 31, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.23 1.24 1.26	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.18.4	July 7, 2023	23.0.6 24.0.4	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.18.3	May 22, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.18.2	May 1, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.18.1	April 18, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.17.1	February 22, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.17.0	February 7, 2023	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.22 1.23 1.24	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.16.2	November 21, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.16.1	November 9, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.16.0	October 31, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.13 20.10.17	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.15.1	September 16, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.15.0	September 6, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.14.2	July 26, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.14.1	July 12, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.14.0	June 28, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.13.1	May 12, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.13.0	May 9, 2022	20.10.9 20.10.12 20.10.13	1.21.7 1.22 1.23	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.11.1	February 8, 2022	20.10.8 20.10.11 20.10.12	1.20.13 1.21.7 1.22.4	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.11.0	December 9, 2021	20.10.6 20.10.8 20.10.11	1.19.11 1.20.7 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.9.3	November 22, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19.11 1.20.7 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.9.2	October 26, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.9.1	October 11, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.9.0	September 23, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.6.3	August 27, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.6.2	August 2, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.6.1	July 12, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.6.0	June 25, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.5.1	May 18, 2021	20.10.5 20.10.6	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.5.0	May 18, 2021	20.10.5	1.19 1.20.2 1.21	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.1.x	February 2, 2021	20.10.2	1.20.0	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.0.1	January 7, 2021	20.10.0	1.17.13 1.18.9 1.19.3 1.20.0	ARM64, x86_64
Community 2.0	August 31, 2020	19.03.12	1.17.13 1.18.6 1.18.9 1.19.3	ARM32, ARM64, x86_64
1.24.1	July 23, 2020	19.03.12	N/A	ARM32, ARM64, x86_64
1.24.0	June 2, 2020	19.03.10	N/A	ARM32, ARM64, x86_64
1.23.2	March 25, 2020	19.03.6	N/A	ARM32, ARM64, x86_64

If you find an issue with an unlisted configuration, before reporting a bug, update your environment to a valid configuration and try to replicate the issue.

Persistent storage

The Portainer Server requires persistent storage in order to maintain the database and configuration information it needs to function. The installation process provides a basic storage configuration for your platform. By default, both Docker and Kubernetes provide local (to the node) storage only, and if cluster-wide persistent storage is desired we recommend implementing it at the infrastructure level (for example, via NFS).

Additionally, you will want to ensure that your persistent storage for Portainer's data volume is right-sized for your needs. If you intend to use Portainer's Git deployment functionality for example, you will need to be aware that as part of the deployment from Git, Portainer will clone the remote repository locally to the Portainer data volume, which in the case of larger or multiple Git repos may consume significant amounts of disk space.

Ports

In order to access the UI and API, and for the Portainer Server instance and the Portainer Agents to communicate, certain ports need to be accessible.

On the Portainer Server the following ports must be open:

• TCP port 9443 (or 30779 for Kubernetes with NodePort) for the UI and API

• TCP port 8000 (or 30776 for Kubernetes with NodePort) for the TCP tunnel server for Edge Agents. This port is optional and only required if using Edge Compute features with Edge Agents.

For the Portainer Agent:

• TCP port 9001 (or 30778 for Kubernetes with NodePort) must be accessible on the Agent from the Portainer Server instance.

The Portainer Edge Agent does not require any open ports.

All ports can be changed during installation.

Install Portainer BEInstall Portainer CE