Compatibility Matrix
Supported OS Versions for Management Server
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
openSUSE Leap 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (not tested, but expected to work same as with openSUSE 15)
Note
There is a known issue with ipmitool with RHEL8 / SUSE, so certain functionality such as out of band management might not work
Software Requirements
Java JRE 11
MySQL 5.6, 5.7, 8.0
Supported Hypervisor Versions
CloudStack supports three hypervisor families, XenServer with XAPI, KVM, 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
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.
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
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). 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). 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)
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)
Bare metal hosts are supported, which have no hypervisor. These hosts can run the following operating systems:
Fedora 17
Ubuntu 12.04
(not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
Supported External Devices
Netscaler VPX and MPX versions 9.3, 10.1e and 10.5 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
Netscaler SDX version 9.3, 10.1e and 10.5 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
SRX (Model srx100b) versions 10.3 to 10.4 R7.5 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
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
The CloudStack Web-based UI should be compatible with any modern browser, but it’s possible that some browsers will not render portions of the UI reliably, depending on their support of Web standards. For best results, one of the following browsers recommended:
Firefox version 75 or later
Google Chrome version 85 or later
Safari 12+
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
The following Management Server Operating Systems are no longer supported in this release due to vendor EOL:
CentOS 6.x
CentOS 8.x [1]
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Please see CloudStack Wiki for details.