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For any OSes/Hypervisors that are already EOL

  • Will no longer be tested/supported from the first release after June 2018 (6 months from original proposal). 
  • Will be removed from codebase (mainly the database) in the first release after Sept 2018 (9 months from original proposal).

'End Of Support' dates and 'Removal from Code' dates for the remaining OSes/Hypervisors.

End Of Support for management server OSes and Hypervisor OSes will be the first release after the EOL date from the 'vendor', with code removal taking place in the first release which occurs after 6 months from 'vendor' EOL date.

Hypervisors

XenServer

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
6.2Jun-18First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018 
6.5Jun-18First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018 
7.0May-21  
7.1 LTSRAug-22  
7.2Mar-18  

(https://www.citrix.co.uk/support/product-lifecycle/product-matrix.html)

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KVM

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
CentOS 6.x

November 30th 2020

  
CentOS 7.x

June 30, 2024

  
RHEL 6.xMay-2017 November 30th 2020 (Product retirement)  
RHEL 7.xQ4 2020 June 30, 2024 (Product retirement)  
Ubuntu 12.04Q2 2017First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018 
Ubuntu 14.04Q2 2019  
Ubuntu 16.04Q2 2021  
Ubuntu 18.04Q2 2023 (to be released in April 2018)  

https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates
https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life

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vSphere

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
4.x   

5.0

Aug-2016First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018 
5.1Aug-2016 First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018
5.5Sept-2018  
6.02020  
6.52021  

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/product-lifecycle-matrix.pdf

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Hyper-V

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
Windows Server 2012 R2 Sept-2018 (Mainstream)  
Windows Server 2016Oct-2026 (Mainstream)  

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search

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Oracle VM (OVM)

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
VM 2Nov 2015First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018 
VM3 (experiential)Aug 2019  

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/elsp-lifetime-069338.pdf

Management Server OS

 'Vendor' EOLCloudStackRemoval from codebase
CentOS 6.x

November 30th, 2020

  
CentOS 7.xJune 30, 2024  
RHEL 6.xMay-2017 November 30th, 2020 (Product retirement)  
RHEL 7.xJune 30, 2024 (Product retirement)  
Ubuntu 12.04Q2 2017  
Ubuntu 14.04Q2 2019  
Ubuntu 16.04Q2 2021  
Ubuntu 18.04Q2 2023  

https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates
https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life