> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.platform9.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.platform9.com/private-cloud-director/2026.4/getting-started/host-operating-system-support-matrix.md).

# Host Operating System Support Matrix

This page describes which host operating systems are supported for each Private Cloud Director release, along with deprecation timelines and end-of-support dates.

| PCD Release      | Ubuntu 22.04   | Ubuntu 24.04 | Platform9 OS powered by Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC) 10.2 |
| ---------------- | -------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **January 2026** | Supported      | Supported    | --                                                      |
| **April 2026**   | Supported      | Supported    | --                                                      |
| **August 2026**  | Deprecated     | Supported    | Supported                                               |
| **October 2026** | Deprecated     | Supported    | Supported                                               |
| **January 2027** | Deprecated     | Supported    | Supported                                               |
| **April 2027**   | End of support | Supported    | Supported                                               |

**Legend:**

* Supported = fully tested and maintained
* Deprecated = still functional, but no longer recommended for new deployments; plan to migrate
* End of support = no longer tested, patched, or supported

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**Ubuntu Support**

Ubuntu host operating systems follow a bring-your-own-OS model. You provide, install, and maintain Ubuntu yourself, and Platform9 supports Private Cloud Director on the Ubuntu versions marked Supported in the table above. Platform9 does not package, harden, or manage the Ubuntu operating system, and there is no Platform9-delivered Ubuntu image equivalent to Platform9 OS.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**Rocky Linux Support**

Private Cloud Director is supported only on Platform9 OS powered by Rocky Linux from CIQ (RLC) 10.2 and installed through the Platform9 OS ISO. Platform9 OS is a controlled, hardened configuration: it is hardened to the CIS Level 1 benchmark and is configured to pull packages and updates only from the Platform9 validated package repository. Platform9 builds, tests, patches, and supports this operating system together with PCD as a single integrated stack.

Community Rocky Linux is not a supported PCD host operating system. This applies regardless of the version number: a host running community Rocky Linux 10.2 is still unsupported, because it does not carry the Platform9 OS hardening and does not use the Platform9 validated package repository, so it is not the configuration PCD is built and tested against. Private Cloud Director installed on a customer-provided Rocky Linux host is an unsupported configuration.
{% endhint %}

### Important dates

**August 2026:** Ubuntu 22.04 is deprecated. New cluster deployments should use Ubuntu 24.04 or Platform9 OS powered by Rocky Linux 10.2.

**January 2027:** Last PCD release that includes Ubuntu 22.04 support.

**April 2027:** Ubuntu 22.04 reaches end of support. Hosts running Ubuntu 22.04 must be migrated before upgrading to this release.

### Migration between host operating systems

Workload migration support depends on whether the source and destination hosts run the same host operating system.

| Migration type | Between Ubuntu and Platform9 OS hosts | Between Platform9 OS hosts |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Live migration | Not supported                         | Supported                  |
| Cold migration | Supported                             | Supported                  |

For details on migrating workloads from Ubuntu hosts to Platform9 OS hosts, see [Cross-OS Cold Migration: Ubuntu Hosts to Platform9 OS Hosts](/private-cloud-director/2026.4/virtualized-clusters/virtualmachine/vm-migration.md#cross-os-cold-migration-ubuntu-hosts-to-platform9-os-hosts).


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