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Author: Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Jun 21 17:16:50 2024 +0530
compat: update compatibility matrix for 4.20/main onwards
Signed-off-by: Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>
---
source/releasenotes/compat.rst | 67 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/source/releasenotes/compat.rst b/source/releasenotes/compat.rst
index 3797b8b..e0f6288 100644
--- a/source/releasenotes/compat.rst
+++ b/source/releasenotes/compat.rst
@@ -23,55 +23,51 @@ This section lists the operating systems that are supported
for running
CloudStack Management Server.
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS
-- CentOS versions 7
-- Rocky Linux 8, 9
-- Alma Linux 8, 9
- Oracle Linux 8, 9
-- RHEL versions 7, 8, 9
+- Alma Linux 8, 9
+- Rocky Linux 8, 9
+- RHEL versions 8, 9
- openSUSE Leap 15
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (not tested, but expected to work same as
with openSUSE 15)
+- Debian 12 (not tested, but expected to work same as Ubuntu)
- .. note:: There is a known issue with ipmitool with RHEL8 / SUSE, so
certain functionality such as out of band management might not work
+ .. note:: There is a known issue with ipmitool with EL8 / EL9 / SUSE, so
certain functionality such as out of band management might not work
Software Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Java JRE 17
-- MySQL 5.6, 5.7, 8.0
+- Java JRE 17, Java JRE 21
+- MySQL 8.0
Supported Hypervisor Versions
-----------------------------
-CloudStack supports three hypervisor families, XenServer with XAPI, KVM,
+CloudStack supports three hypervisor families, KVM, XenServer/XCP-ng with XAPI,
and VMware with vSphere.
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS with KVM
-- CentOS 7 with KVM
-- Rocky Linux 8, 9 with KVM
-- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9 with KVM
-- Alma Linux 8, 9
- Oracle Linux 8, 9 with KVM
-- openSUSE Leap 15
-- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
-- XenServer versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 8.0 (8.1 and 8.2 expected to work,
but not tested. For 8.2 please check the note below) with latest hotfixes
-- XCP-ng 7.4.0, 7.6.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0
+- Alma Linux 8, 9 with KVM
+- Rocky Linux 8, 9 with KVM
+- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 with KVM
+- openSUSE Leap 15 with KVM
+- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with KVM
+- XCP-ng 8.2.0
+- Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer version 8.2 (not tested, but expected to work.
For 8.2 please check the note below) with latest hotfixes
+- Debian 12 with KVM (not tested, but expected to work same as Ubuntu)
.. 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
<https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xencenter/7-1/pools-ha-enable.html>`_.
.. note:: For XenServer version 8.2 to work it might be necessary to
manually add a custom storage repository with name "XenServer Tools" containing
the systemvm.iso file.
-- VMware versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 and 8.0.0
+- VMware versions 7.0 and 8.0.0
- .. note:: The following VMware minor versions are supported and tested:
6.5, 6.7, 6.7.1, 6.7.2, 6.7.3, 7.0, 7.0.1.0, 7.0.2.0, 7.0.3.0, 8.0, 8.0a
(8.0.0.1), 8.0b (8.0.0.2), 8.0c (8.0.0.3).
+ .. note:: The following VMware minor versions are supported and tested:
7.0, 7.0.1.0, 7.0.2.0, 7.0.3.0, 8.0, 8.0a (8.0.0.1), 8.0b (8.0.0.2), 8.0c
(8.0.0.3).
For any minor versions without hypervisor mappings, all Instances have
guest OS identifier "otherGuest64" (x86-64 architecture) or "otherGuest" (other
architectures).
- .. 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.
-
- .. note:: There is a known issue in 6.7 U3 - 6.7 U3f where a malformed OVA
could crash vCenter services (for more information see `here
<https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-users/202005.mbox/%3CCAMvtBPNQqbe0XEsHyjFMror7HRvj-c%3DfEe7y12NfCDQSFTYgqQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E>`_).
To avoid the issue, make sure to use 6.7 U3g or later.
-
.. note:: There are some known issues with 8.0 U1
(https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/7572). VMware 8.0 U1 (8.0.1.0) is
not supported yet.
-- LXC Host Containers on RHEL 7 (not tested to work fine for last many
CloudStack releases)
+- LXC Host Containers on RHEL 8, 9 (not tested to work fine for last many
CloudStack releases)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V Role enabled (not tested to work fine
for last many CloudStack releases)
- Hyper-V 2012 R2 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
- Oracle VM 3.0+ (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ and VMware with vSphere.
- Fedora 17
- Ubuntu 12.04
-(not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
+(not tested to work for last many CloudStack releases)
Supported External Devices
--------------------------
@@ -92,7 +88,6 @@ Supported External Devices
- F5 11.X (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
- Force 10 Switch version S4810 for Baremetal Advanced Networks (not tested
to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
-
Supported Browsers
------------------
@@ -112,24 +107,18 @@ Notice Of Management OSes and Hypervisors to be Deprecated
The following hypervisors are no longer be supported in this release due to
vendor EOL:
-- XenServer 6.2
-- XenServer 6.5
-- XenServer 7.0
-- vSphere 5.0
-- vSphere 5.1
-- vSphere 5.5
-- vSphere 6.0
-- CentOS/RHEL (KVM) 6.x
-- CentOS (KVM) 8.x
-- Ubuntu 14.04
-- Ubuntu 16.04
+- KVM with CentOS/RHEL 6.x, 7.x
+- KVM with CentOS 8.x
+- KVM with Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
+- XCP-ng 7.4.0, 7.6.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0
+- XenServer 6.2, 6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 8.0, 8.1
+- vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7
The following Management Server Operating Systems are no longer supported in
this release due to vendor EOL:
-- CentOS 6.x
+- CentOS/RHEL 6.x, 7.x
- CentOS 8.x [1]_
-- Ubuntu 14.04
-- Ubuntu 16.04
+- Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
.. [1] in spite of mostly being phased out some support is remaining in for
now. See the section :ref:`Possible Issue with Guest OS IDs` for details.
