[Global][PublicCloud] – Images EoL
Original incident notification from OVH Data Center
Affected Service: [Global][PublicCloud] - Images EoL
Jul 19, 00:14 UTC
Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Jun 26, 12:51 UTC
In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Jun 26, 12:50 UTC
Scheduled - End time : 19/07/2023 00:00 UTC
Service impact : Below-mentioned images will no longer be available to purchase or use.
Several images that we are currently offering for Public Cloud and VPS are going to reach or has already reached End of Life (EoL).
On July 19th, 2023, we will proceed to End of Life these images from Public Cloud and VPS offerings.
You can read furthermore about our distribution End Of Life policy here: https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-gb-public-cloud-compute-vps-image-life-cycle?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0050801
Below is the complete list of images, as well our recommendations and alternatives for Public Cloud and VPS environments.
EoL Distribution EoL / EoS date Alternative Distribution Recommended action
Debian 9 2022-07-01 Debian 10 or 11 Backup and upgrade distribution
Fedora 34 2022-06-07 Fedora 37 or 38 Backup and upgrade distribution
Fedora 35 2022-12-13 Fedora 37 or 38 Backup and upgrade distribution
Fedora 36 2023-05-16 Fedora 37 or 38 Backup and upgrade distribution
Ubuntu 18.04 2023-06-01 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 or 23.04 Backup and upgrade distribution
Ubuntu 21.10 2022-07-14 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 or 23.04 Backup and upgrade distribution
Ubuntu 22.10 2023-07-01 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 or 23.04 Backup and upgrade distribution
Starting from July 19th, 2023, you will no longer be able to purchase or reinstall services with the above-mentioned images.
If you use automation to deploy your infrastructure with any of these images, we strongly recommend you to either change them to another distribution or upload your own image and use it instead.
You can refer to the following guides to:
Upgrade operating system: https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-gb-public-cloud-compute-upgrade-operating-system?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0051306
Upload your image: https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-gb-public-cloud-compute-upload-own-image?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0051319
For any question, please reach out to our support team.
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