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This document lists the guest operating systems that have been tested by Google
and verified to work with VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud. Thorough tests validate
that these OSes behave as expected in key areas.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-03-05 UTC."],[[["Google has tested and verified specific guest operating systems for compatibility with VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud."],["The verified operating systems include CentOS 7.9 and 8.3, RHEL 7.9 and 8.3, Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, and Windows Server versions 2016, 2019, 2022, and Windows 10 Professional."],["Minor releases within a verified OS's major version are expected to work without problems, though not explicitly verified, and other OSes may function correctly as well."],["This list is not exhaustive, and other operating systems might work correctly with VM Runtime, but have not been tested."],["You can begin by following the steps to create a VM in Google Distributed Cloud, or import an existing disk image to `qcow2` format."]]],[]]
