From dd52eab74ad74a2dadc015346e74ba09a81ccebc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Dani=C3=ABl=20van=20Eeden?= Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 11:28:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] hardware-and-software-requirements: Update supported platforms (#5587) --- hardware-and-software-requirements.md | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/hardware-and-software-requirements.md b/hardware-and-software-requirements.md index 1fadf00c963aa..241fe3c0d174d 100644 --- a/hardware-and-software-requirements.md +++ b/hardware-and-software-requirements.md @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ As an open source distributed NewSQL database with high performance, TiDB can be | Linux OS Platform | Version | | :-----------------------:| :----------: | -| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 7.3 or later | -| CentOS | 7.3 or later | -| Oracle Enterprise Linux | 7.3 or later | +| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 7.3 or later 7.x releases | +| CentOS | 7.3 or later 7.x releases | +| Oracle Enterprise Linux | 7.3 or later 7.x releases | | Ubuntu LTS | 16.04 or later | > **Note:** @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ As an open source distributed NewSQL database with high performance, TiDB can be > - For Oracle Enterprise Linux, TiDB supports the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) and does not support the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel provided by Oracle Enterprise Linux. > - A large number of TiDB tests have been run on the CentOS 7.3 system, and in our community there are a lot of best practices in which TiDB is deployed on the Linux operating system. Therefore, it is recommended to deploy TiDB on CentOS 7.3 or later. > - The support for the Linux operating systems above includes the deployment and operation in physical servers as well as in major virtualized environments like VMware, KVM and XEN. +> - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0, CentOS 8 Stream, and Oracle Enterprise Linux 8.0 are not supported yet as the testing of these platforms is in progress. +> - Support for CentOS 8 Linux is not planned because its upstream support ends on December 31, 2021. +> - Support for Ubuntu 16.04 will be removed in future versions of TiDB. Upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 or later is strongly recommended. + +Other Linux OS versions such as Debian Linux and Fedora Linux might work but are not officially supported. ## Software recommendations