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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 2016, 2019, and 2022, as well as Windows 10 Professional."],["Minor releases within a verified OS major version are expected to work without issues, though not explicitly verified, and other OSes may function properly as well."],["This list is not exhaustive and does not guarantee that unlisted OSes will work correctly, only that the listed ones have been verified to work."],["Users can get started by creating a VM in Google Distributed Cloud or by importing an existing disk image to `qcow2` format."]]],[]]