# Image

## Available Operating System

<table><thead><tr><th width="210">OS</th><th width="537">Version</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ubuntu</td><td>Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Ubuntu</td><td>Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Ubuntu</td><td>Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Debian</td><td>Debian 9 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Debian</td><td>Debian 10 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Debian</td><td>Debian 11 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Debian</td><td>Debian 12 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Rocky</td><td>Rocky Base 9.4 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>CentOS</td><td>CentOS 7 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>CentOS</td><td>CentOS Stream 9 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Fedora</td><td>Fedora Cloud 40 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Alpine</td><td>Alpine 3.20.1 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>ArchLinux</td><td>ArchLinux 20240701.244476 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>AlmaLinux</td><td>AlmaLinux 9.4 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>openSUSE</td><td>openSUSE Leap 15.6 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Gentoo</td><td>Gentoo openrc 2.15 x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Windows</td><td>Windows 2016 Standard EN x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Windows</td><td>Windows 2019 Standard CN x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Windows</td><td>Windows 2019 Standard EN x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Windows</td><td>Windows 2022 Standard CN x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>Windows</td><td>Windows 2022 Standard EN x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>FreeBSD</td><td>FreeBSD 14.0 zfs x86_64</td></tr><tr><td>FreeBSD</td><td>FreeBSD 14.0 ufs x86_64</td></tr></tbody></table>

## OS Official Maintenance End Plans <a href="#os-official-maintenance-end-plans" id="os-official-maintenance-end-plans"></a>

Our image lifecycle aligns with the official maintenance plans of operating system platforms.

* For officially released and maintained images, we will update them regularly based on official information.
* For images reach end of life, maintenance and support, such as fixes and feature updates, are no longer provided.

Check the official platforms for detailed End of Support (EOS) and End of Life (EOL) dates for operating systems.

* Ubuntu: <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases>
* Debian: <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases>
* Rocky: <https://rockylinux.org/news/rocky-linux-9-0-ga-release/>
* CentOS: <https://www.centos.org/cl-vs-cs/>
* Fedora: <https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/>
* Alpine: <https://alpinelinux.org/releases/>
* ArchLinux: based on a rolling release cycle with no fixed EOL
* AlmaLinux: <https://wiki.almalinux.org/Comparison.html>
* openSUSE: <https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime>
* Gentoo: based on a rolling release cycle with no fixed EOL
* Windows: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/>
* FreeBSD: <https://www.freebsd.org/releases/>

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Note**</mark>

<mark style="color:blue;">We strongly recommend using officially released and maintained images to ensure system security.</mark>
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## System Image Changelog

<table><thead><tr><th width="144.8046875">OS Version</th><th width="139.05078125">Latest Release Date</th><th width="208.828125">Kernel Version</th><th>Update Details</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS</td><td>2025-12-25</td><td>6.8.0-36-generic</td><td>Added new kernel boot parameter: <code>mitigations=off</code></td></tr><tr><td>Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS</td><td>2025-12-25</td><td>5.15.0-113-generic</td><td>Added new kernel boot parameter: <code>mitigations=off</code></td></tr><tr><td>Debian 12</td><td>2025-12-25</td><td>6.1.0-38-cloud-amd64</td><td>Added new kernel boot parameter: <code>mitigations=off</code></td></tr><tr><td>Debian 11</td><td>2025-12-25</td><td>5.10.0-30-cloud-amd64</td><td>Added new kernel boot parameter: <code>mitigations=off</code></td></tr><tr><td>CentOS 7</td><td>2025-12-25</td><td>3.10.0-1160.80.1.el7.x86_64</td><td>Added new kernel boot parameter: <code>mitigations=off</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:blue;">**Note**</mark>

<mark style="color:blue;">The</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">`mitigations=off`</mark> <mark style="color:blue;">parameter disables CPU vulnerability mitigations to improve performance. Users may modify or remove this parameter based on their security requirements.</mark>
{% endhint %}


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