Summary
This article provides an overview of Linux and Windows operating system compatibility in RightLink 10 and includes links to the compatible operating system images tested by RightScale. Please see Operating System, Use Case, and Cloud Support for detailed information on which particular RightLink 10 versions support specific use cases and operating system versions.
Linux
All use cases ('enable running instance', 'install at boot', 'custom image') are regression tested by RightScale to work out-of-the-box
on a standard install of: Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, RHEL 7, RHEL 6, CentOS 7, CentOS 6, CoreOS.
RightLink 10 is principally supported on most modern Linux distributions that satisfy a few simple pre-requisites. Summary of the Linux prerequisites for RightLink 10 and the standard rightlink.install.sh and rightlink.enable.sh scripts:
- bash
- curl or wget
- SSL root certificates
- SysV init, systemd, or upstart
- apt or yum (for package management)
- cloud-init (with multipart MIME support)
- useradd
Windows
All use cases ('enable running instance', 'install at boot', 'custom image') are regression tested by RightScale to work out-of-the-box
on a standard install of: Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008R2.
RightLink 10 is principally supported on most modern Windows distributions that satisfy a few simple pre-requisites. Summary of the Windows prerequisites for RightLink 10 and the standard rightlink.install.ps1 and rightlink.enable.ps1 scripts:
- Current SSL root certificates
- .Net 2.0 or newer
- PowerShell 2.0 or newer
RightScale Tested Images
Each release of RightLink 10 and its associated Base ServerTemplate is tested on a number of clouds using as stock/official an image for each OS as possible. Since these stock/official images are made available by the cloud provider or the OS developer, they can be deregistered and made unavailable at anytime at the discretion of the owner. The following table lists the provenance of the images for the most recent releases. For the exact images used in testing each release, please consult the release notes (e.g. RightLink 10.6.2 Release). Note that the list of tested images is not intended as a recommendation of these images, but as a reference so you can locate known-to-work images and compare with your own images if you are having difficulties.
Since these stock/official images are made available by the cloud provider or the OS developer, they can be deregistered and made unavailable at anytime at the discretion of the owner. It is advised that you create your own MultiCloud Image with your own custom image for linux or windows.
The following images are regression tested by RightScale and known to work. Known to work
means that the following features operate properly:
- enable a running
bare
instance using therightlink.enable.shorrightlink.enable.ps1scripts - reboot the instance
- stop and start the enabled instance
- create the 'rightscale' user
- support managed login (Linux only)
- install the RightLink 10 init scripts or Windows services
- install monitoring.
| OS | Clouds | Image provenance |
| Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 16.04 | AWS | |
| Azure | Official public image | |
| AzureRM | Official public image | |
| Official public image | ||
| OpenStack | ||
| Softlayer | Official public image | |
| VMware (using RCA-V) | Custom image based off the vanilla OS distro install, cloud-init, open-vm-tools, and A known user/pass or SSH key | |
|
CoreOS |
AWS | Official public image |
| Azure | Official public image | |
| AzureRM | Official public image | |
| Official public image | ||
| OpenStack | Official public image | |
| Softlayer | Official public image. NOTE: Enable running mode only | |
| VMware (using RCA-V) | Official public image. NOTE: Requires v2.0 of RCA-V for install-at-boot and install on image modes. | |
|
CentOS 6 / 7 |
AWS | http://wiki.centos.org/Cloud |
| Azure | Official public image. NOTE: Enable running mode only | |
| AzureRM | Official public image. NOTE: Enable running mode only | |
| OpenStack | ||
| Official public image | ||
| Softlayer | Official public image | |
| VMware (using RCA-V) | Custom image based off the vanilla OS distro install, RightScale cloud-init, A known user/pass or SSH key | |
|
Windows 2008R2 / 2012 / 2012R2 |
AWS | Official public image |
| Azure | Official public image | |
| AzureRM | Official public image | |
| OpenStack | Custom image | |
| Official public image | ||
| Softlayer | Official public image | |
| VMware (using RCA-V) | Custom image |