| Release | Released | Active Support | Security Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 (Upcoming ELS) |
2 months and 2 weeks ago (18 May 2022)
|
Ends
in 4 years and 10 months (31 May 2027)
|
Ends
in 9 years (31 May 2032)
|
| RHEL 8 (Upcoming ELS) |
3 years ago (01 May 2019)
|
Ends
in 1 year and 10 months (31 May 2024)
|
Ends
in 6 years and 10 months (31 May 2029)
|
| RHEL 7 (Upcoming ELS) |
8 years ago (10 Jun 2014)
|
Ended
2 years and 7 months ago (31 Dec 2019)
|
Ends
in 1 year and 11 months (30 Jun 2024)
|
| RHEL 6 (ELS) |
11 years ago (10 Nov 2010)
|
Ended
6 years ago (10 May 2016)
|
Ended
1 year and 8 months ago (30 Nov 2020)
|
| RHEL 5 (ELS) |
15 years ago (15 Mar 2007)
|
Ended
9 years ago (08 Jan 2013)
|
Ended
5 years ago (31 Mar 2017)
|
| RHEL 4 |
17 years ago (14 Feb 2005)
|
Ended
13 years ago (31 Mar 2009)
|
Ended
10 years ago (29 Feb 2012)
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market.
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.
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