VMWare Photon OS is an open source Linux container host optimized for cloud-native applications, cloud platforms, and VMware infrastructure.
| Release | Released | Security Support |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 3 years and 9 months ago (25 Feb 2021) |
Ends
in 6 months and 4 weeks (01 Jul 2025)
|
| 3.0 | 5 years and 10 months ago (08 Feb 2019) |
Ended
10 months ago (01 Feb 2024)
|
| 2.0 | 7 years ago (01 Nov 2017) |
Ended
2 years ago (01 Dec 2022)
|
| 1.0 | 8 years ago (11 Jun 2016) |
Ended
2 years and 9 months ago (28 Feb 2022)
|
End-of-Life dates are tentative.
Linux Kernel Version
| Photon OS | Kernel Version |
|---|---|
| 2.0 | 4.9 |
| 3.0 | 4.19 |
| 4.0 | 5.10 |
More information is available on the VMware Photon website.
You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
cat /etc/os-release
You can submit an improvement to this page
on GitHub
.
This page has a corresponding
Talk Page.
A JSON version of this page is available at /api/photon.json. See the API Documentation for more information. You can subscribe to the iCalendar feed at /calendar/photon.ics.