Installing Sophos Protection for Linux in a distribution without systemd

Hello teoberi

Thank you for reaching community forum. Based on our initial checking, the current set-up for SPL really does require Systemd. Though we're currently confirming further if there will be an option in the future in our SLP to not use systemd. We'll keep you posted for more updates about this. 

Any news or a decision on adding support for System V (SysV) init system?

I've not yet received a definitive answer on this, though from the initial discussions, it seems a very small portion of our customer base is looking for this. 

To stay up to date on any future developments, I'd suggest reaching out to your Sophos Account Manager to raise a feature request regarding this. This will allow our team to better track the need for this.
Asking to be put in touch with your regional Sales Engineer will also help in this case, as they're able to get a better understanding of the requirements on your network and environment so this can be better communicated to our product teams.

I would like to know who is the Sophos Account Manager for me? Also who is the regional Sales Engineer?
I don't know what is so hard to understand, I just want to know if the support for System V (SysV) init system will be introduced or not!
Any answer is good (yes/no), but I want to know how to make my future plans and whether to continue buying the Sophos product in March 2023 or not!
I cannot make the purchase decision without knowing if I will be able to use it in my case, for operating systems without systemd!

Thanks for the help.
It remains to return to Sophos products if the operating system for my servers will include support for systemd.

Thanks for the help.
It remains to return to Sophos products if the operating system for my servers will include support for systemd.