Version 1.7. This version is no longer supported. For information about how to upgrade to version 1.8, see Upgrading Anthos on bare metal in the 1.8 documentation. For more information about supported and unsupported versions, see the Version history page in the latest documentation.
Google Distributed Cloud runs on Linux. This page defines the supported Linux distributions
and versions, and a brief description of the installation requirements.
You must configure the base operating system of your node machines in order to
use Google Distributed Cloud. Each Linux distribution supports configuring Docker 19.03+
on your admin workstation. If you choose to use containerd as the container
runtime for your clusters, Google Distributed Cloud still uses Docker to
create your clusters.
For more detailed installation steps, identify your operating system from the
following:
Google Distributed Cloud supports the following versions for CentOS:
CentOS 8.1
CentOS 8.2
CentOS 8.3
To fully configure your node machines and admin workstation, you need to
configure or disable firewalld and set up proper time synchronization. For more
detailed installation steps, see Configuring CentOS.
RHEL
Google Distributed Cloud supports the following versions for RHEL:
RHEL 8.1
RHEL 8.2
RHEL 8.3
To fully configure your node machines and admin workstation, you need to
configure or disable firewalld. To simplify installation, we recommend that you
configure RHEL using a minimal installation with headless management. For more
detailed installation steps, see Configuring RHEL.
Ubuntu
Google Distributed Cloud supports the following versions for Ubuntu:
18.04
20.04
To fully configure your node machines and admin workstation, you need to
disable apparmor and ufw. For more detailed installation steps,
see Configuring Ubuntu.
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