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Expand Up @@ -20,37 +20,34 @@ Supported OS Versions for Management Server
-------------------------------------------

This section lists the operating systems that are supported for running
CloudStack Management Server. Note that specific versions of the
operating systems are tested, so compatibility with CentOS 6.3 may not
indicate compatibility with CentOS 6.2, 6.1 and so on.
CloudStack Management Server.

- RHEL versions 6.3, 6.5, 6.6 and 7.0
- CentOS versions 6.8, 7
- RHEL versions 7.x
- CentOS versions 7.x
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS

Software Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Java JRE 1.8
- MySQL 5.6, 5.7 (RHEL 7)
- MySQL 5.1 (RHEL 6.x)
- Java JRE 11
- MySQL 5.5, 5.6, 5.7

Supported Hypervisor Versions
-----------------------------

CloudStack supports three hypervisor families, XenServer with XAPI, KVM,
and VMware with vSphere.

- CentOS 6.2+, 7.0+ with KVM
- Ubuntu 14.04LTS, 16.04LTS, 18.04LTS with KVM
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 with KVM
- XenServer versions 6.1, 6.2 SP1, 6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 with latest hotfixes, XCP-ng 7.4, 7.6
- CentOS 7.x with KVM
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS with KVM
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x with KVM
- XenServer versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5 with latest hotfixes, XCP-ng 7.4, 7.6

.. note:: It is now required to enable HA on the XenServer pool in order to recover from a pool-master failure. Please refer to the `XenServer documentation <http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.5.0/1.0/en_gb/>`_.

- VMware versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7
- VMware versions 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7 (tested up to 6.7 U3)

.. note:: There is a known issue in 6.7u1 (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67315) which blocks some CloudStack cloning operations. The use of linked clones is known to be effected.
.. note:: There is a known issue in 6.7 U1 (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67315) which blocks some CloudStack cloning operations. The use of linked clones is known to be effected.

- LXC Host Containers on RHEL 7
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Hyper-V Role enabled)
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- Bare metal hosts are supported, which have no hypervisor. These hosts
can run the following operating systems:

- RHEL or CentOS, v6.2 or 6.3

.. note:: Use libvirt version 0.9.10 for CentOS 6.3

- Fedora 17
- Ubuntu 12.04

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Notice Of Management OSes and Hypervisors to be Deprecated
----------------------------------------------------------

The following hypervisors will no longer be supported in the next release
The following hypervisors are no longer be supported in this release

- XenServer 6.2
- XenServer 6.5
- vSphere 5.0
- vSphere 5.1
- vSphere 5.5
- CentOS (KVM) 6.x
- CentOS/RHEL (KVM) 6.x
- Ubuntu 14.04

The following Management Server Operating Systems will no longer be supported in the next release
The following Management Server Operating Systems are no longer supported in this release

- CentOS 6.x
- Ubuntu 14.04


Please see `CloudStack Wiki <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Hypervisor+and+Management+Server+OS+EOL+Dates>`_
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