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Basic 'Rules'

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.

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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)

 


First release after Nov 2018 

KVM

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
CentOS 6.x

May 10th, 2017 (full updates)

November 30th 2020

  

(maintenance updates)

TBD: First release after June 2019
CentOS 7.x

Q4 2020 (full updates)

June 30, 2024

  

(maintenance updates)



RHEL 6.xMay 10, 2017 (End of Maintenance Support 1)
November 30th 2020
(Product retirement)
  TBD: First release after June 2019
RHEL 7.x

Q4 of 2020 (End of Maintenance Support 1)

June 30, 2024 (Product retirement)

  

Ubuntu 12.04Q2 2017First release after June 20184.12.0.0+
Ubuntu 14.04Q2 2019 First release after Feb 20194.12.0.0+
Ubuntu 16.04Q2 2021  

Ubuntu 18.04Q2 2023 (to be released in April 2018) 

Ubuntu 20.04Q2 2025 

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

 


  

vSphere

'Vendor' EOLCloudStack EOSRemoval from codebase
4.x   


5.0

Aug-2016First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018
5.1Aug-2016First release after June 2018First release after Nov 2018
5.5Sept-2018 First release after Feb 2019First release after July 2019 
6.02020 

6.52021 

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

 


 

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

 


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

May 10th, 2017 (full updates)

November 30th , 2020

 

(maintenance updates)

TBD: First release after June 2019 
CentOS 7.x

Q4 2020 (full updates)

June 30, 2024

  

(maintenance updates)



RHEL 6.xMay 10, 2017 (End of Maintenance Support 1)
November 30th
, 2020 (Product retirement)
  TBD: First release after June 2019
RHEL 7.x

Q4 of 2020 (End of Maintenance Support 1)

June 30, 2024 (Product retirement)

  

Ubuntu 12.04Q2 2017 First release after June 20184.12.0.0+
Ubuntu 14.04Q2 2019 First release after Feb 2019 4.12.0.0+
Ubuntu 16.04Q2 2021  

Ubuntu 18.04Q2 2023 

Ubuntu 20.04Q2 2025 

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