Supported Linux Distributions
- Table of Contents
- All Supported Distributions
- Moving to a Supported Distribution
- End of Life Linux Distributions
- Running an End-of-Life Linux Distribution
All Supported Distributions
We ship GreenArrow packages for the following 64-bit Linux distributions:
| Linux Distribution | Supported Until 1 |
|---|---|
| CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x 2 3 | May 31, 2029 |
| CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Scientific Linux 7.x | June 30, 2024 |
| CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Scientific Linux 6.x | November 30, 2020 |
| Debian 10.x Stable 3 | July 6, 2024 |
| Debian 9.x Stable | June 2022 |
| Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS 3 | April 2023 |
| Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS | April 2021 |
- The date when the Linux distribution’s vendor has indicated they will discontinue support. We plan to ship GreenArrow updates for each Linux distribution until that date.
- We recommend CentOS 8.x 64-bit.
- Using the latest supported version of your preferred operating system gives you the longest time before it will need an upgrade to a later version.
Moving to a Supported Distribution
If you find yourself on Linux distribution that’s end-of-life or will be soon, you have two options for getting off of it:
- Migrate to a new server. Most customers choose this option.
- Take a set of backups, upgrade your existing server to a new Linux distribution, then restore the backups.
You can migrate or backup your GreenArrow installation using the above links, or have us do the migration or backup for you. Please contact GreenArrow’s technical support if you’d like assistance.
End of Life Linux Distributions
We no longer release GreenArrow updates for the following Linux distributions:
| Linux Distribution | Supported Until |
|---|---|
| CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Scientific Linux 6.x 32-bit. | January 31, 20201. |
| CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Scientific Linux 5.x 32-bit and 64-bit | March 31, 2017 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit | April 2019 |
| Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit | April 2017 |
| Debian 7 64-bit | May 2018 |
- We ended support early for this 32-bit distribution because we found that in 2020, all customers using it were on the 64-bit version. The 64-bit version will remain supported until November 30, 2020.
Running an End-of-Life Linux Distribution
We strongly recommend against using an end-of-life Linux distribution, because receiving security updates and bugfixes is important. With that said, we’ll continue to support GreenArrow on an end-of-life Linux distribution with the following caveats:
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If you stay on an end-of-life distribution and encounter a bug that we fixed in a version of GreenArrow that was released after your distribution went end-of-life, we will not backport our bugfix. You’ll need to migrate to a still supported distribution to get the bugfix.
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If we think an issue could be caused by using an end-of-life Linux distribution, then we may require a migration to a non-end-of-life Linux distribution as a condition of continued support.