Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market.
| Release | Released | Active Support | Security Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 (Upcoming ELS) |
7 months ago (17 May 2022)
|
Ends
in 4 years and 5 months (31 May 2027)
|
Ends
in 9 years (31 May 2032)
|
9.1
(15 Nov 2022)
|
| RHEL 8 (Upcoming ELS) |
3 years and 7 months ago (07 May 2019)
|
Ends
in 1 year and 5 months (31 May 2024)
|
Ends
in 6 years (31 May 2029)
|
8.7
(09 Nov 2022)
|
| RHEL 7 (Upcoming ELS) |
9 years ago (11 Dec 2013)
|
Ended
2 years and 11 months ago (31 Dec 2019)
|
Ends
in 1 year and 6 months (30 Jun 2024)
|
7.9
(29 Sep 2020)
|
| RHEL 6 (ELS) |
12 years ago (09 Nov 2010)
|
Ended
6 years ago (10 May 2016)
|
Ended
2 years ago (30 Nov 2020)
|
6.10 |
| RHEL 5 (ELS) |
15 years ago (15 Mar 2007)
|
Ended
9 years ago (08 Jan 2013)
|
Ended
5 years and 8 months ago (31 Mar 2017)
|
5.11 |
| RHEL 4 |
17 years ago (15 Feb 2005)
|
Ended
13 years ago (31 Mar 2009)
|
Ended
10 years ago (29 Feb 2012)
|
4.9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5, 6, and 7 each deliver ten years of support in Full Support, Maintenance Support 1 and Maintenance Support 2 Phases followed by an Extended Life Phase. In addition, for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, customers may purchase annual Add-on subscriptions called Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) to extend limited subscription services beyond the Maintenance Support 2 Phase.
With the introduction of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8, Red Hat is simplifying the RHEL product phases from four to three: Full Support, Maintenance Support, and Extended Life Phase.
The Security Support dates in the above table use “Maintenance Support” as the end of security support.
More information is available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
cat /etc/redhat-release
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This page was last updated on 09 December 2022.