Public Cloud & VPS - Image and OS lifecycle and end of life/support announcements
This documentation will share the end-of-life (EOL) roadmap, updates, and upcoming releases for OVHcloud images/OS. OVHcloud follows the official life cycle of each distribution. This means that when a distribution reaches its end of life, it will also be the EOL of the corresponding OVHcloud image for VPS and Public Cloud services on the same date.
This guide will provide you with information on the end-of-life (EOL) roadmap for OVHcloud images, as well as end-of-life and support announcements for distributions and software available with OVHcloud VPS and Public Cloud instances. Stay up to date on critical changes that could affect the security and performance of your services.
OVHcloud follows the official life cycle of each distribution. All sources of information are listed below.
Distribution Life Cycle
End of Support/End of Life Announcements
This section aims to give you a high-level view of Operating Systems versions and support by OVHcloud.
Please note that:
- OVHcloud Linux releases can have a couple of weeks of delay compared to distribution releases.
- OVHcloud Windows releases can have a couple of months of delay compared to Microsoft releases.
- OVHcloud VPS preinstalled images containing a presinstalled software stack (e.g. WordPress) follow the same lifecycle as the OS they are based on.
- After its initial release, OVHcloud provided images for a given release version remain available until the end-of-life defined by the editor/community or the end of support if no specific end-of-life is defined. After that, it cannot be installed/reinstalled anymore. We strongly advise customers to upgrade existing machines to an OS version supported by the editor/community, and refer to the specific Terms and Conditions of their OS regarding upgrades when they apply.
- For more information, you can read the OVHcloud roadmap on GitHub.
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