11.2. Supported Distributions

List of officially supported distributions can be found below.

Templates for the following distributions are available through our repositories. You can use pveam Section 11.3, “Container Images” tool or the Graphical User Interface to download them.

 

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

 
 -- https://alpinelinux.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://alpinelinux.org/releases/

 

Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

 
 -- https://archlinux.org/

Arch Linux is using a rolling-release model, see its wiki for more details:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux

 

The CentOS Linux distribution is a stable, predictable, manageable and reproducible platform derived from the sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

 
 -- https://centos.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product

 

An Open Source, community owned and governed, forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL® and pre-Stream CentOS.

 
 -- https://almalinux.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlmaLinux#Releases

 

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with America’s top enterprise Linux distribution now that its downstream partner has shifted direction.

 
 -- https://rockylinux.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Linux#Releases

 

Debian is a free operating system, developed and maintained by the Debian project. A free Linux distribution with thousands of applications to meet our users' needs.

 
 -- https://www.debian.org/intro/index#software

For currently supported releases see:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes

 

Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork of Debian without systemd that allows users to reclaim control over their system by avoiding unnecessary entanglements and ensuring Init Freedom.

 
 -- https://www.devuan.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://www.devuan.org/os/releases

 

Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.

 
 -- https://getfedora.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases

 

a highly flexible, source-based Linux distribution.

 
 -- https://www.gentoo.org

Gentoo is using a rolling-release model.

 

The makers' choice for sysadmins, developers and desktop users.

 
 -- https://www.opensuse.org

For currently supported releases see:

https://get.opensuse.org/leap/

 

Ubuntu is the modern, open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.

 
 -- https://ubuntu.com/

For currently supported releases see:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases