Public Cloud & VPS - Image life cycle

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Public Cloud & VPS - Image life cycle


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Objective

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.

Discover the lifecycle and end-of-life/end-of-support announcements for distributions and softwares for your VPS or Public Cloud instance.

Distribution Life Cycle

DistributionURL
DebianLife Cycle
UbuntuLife Cycle
CentOSLife Cycle
FedoraLife Cycle
AlmalinuxLife Cycle
Rocky LinuxLife Cycle
CloudLinuxLife Cycle
Windows ServerLife Cycle

End of Support/End of Life Announcements

This section aims at giving you the 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 with 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.

AlmaLinuxOS

VersionCode nameDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
9Teal ServalNovember 2024May 2027May 2032
8Cerulean LeopardMay 2024May 2024March 2029

CentOS

VersionDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
8September 2019December 2021December 2021
7July 2014August 2020June 2024

CloudLinux

VersionDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
CloudLinux OS 9January 2023May 2027May 2032
CloudLinux OS 8March 2020May 2024May 2029
CloudLinux OS 7April 2015June 2024June 2024
CloudLinux OS 6February 2011June 2024June 2024

Debian

VersionCode nameDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
14Forky
13Trixie
12BookwormJune 2023June 2026June 2028
11BullseyeAugust 2021August 2024August 2026
10BusterJuly 2019September 2022June 2024

Fedora Linux

VersionDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
Fedora Linux 44April 2026May 2027May 2027
Fedora Linux 43October 2025Until EoLDecember 2026
Fedora Linux 42April 2025Until EoLJune 2026
Fedora Linux 41October 2024Until EoLNovember 2025
Fedora Linux 40April 2024Until EoLMay 2025
Fedora Linux 39November 2023Until EoLNovember 2024
Fedora Linux 38April 2023Until EoLMay 2024

Microsoft Windows Server

VersionLicense releaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
Windows Server 2025November 2024October 2029October 2034
Windows Server 2022August 2021October 2026October 2031
Windows Server 2019November 2018January 2024January 2029
Windows Server 2016October 2016January 2022January 2027

Ubuntu

VersionCode nameDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
Ubuntu 25.04Plucky PuffinRelease NotesJanuary 2026January 2026
Ubuntu 24.10Oracular OrioleOctober 2024July 2025July 2025
Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTSNoble NumbatAugust 2024April 2029April 2029
Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTSJammy JellyfishSeptember 2024April 2027April 2027
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTSFocal FossaMarch 2023April 2025April 2025
Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTSBionic BeaverSeptember 2021April 2023April 2023

Rocky Linux

VersionCode nameDistribution ReleaseEnd of Standard SupportEnd of life
Rocky Linux 9Blue OnyxJuly 2022May 2027May 2032
Rocky Linux 8Green ObsidianMay 2021May 2024May 2029

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