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Appropriate alternative for microsoft-azure-batch ubuntu-server-container 20-04-lts when it's retired

Jesse Kela 0 Reputation points
2025-02-24T17:14:58.19+00:00

What is appropriate alternative for microsoft-azure-batch ubuntu-server-container 20-04-lts when it's retired along with other 20.04 images? It has container support / is docker compatible.

https://azure.microsoft.com/fr-fr/updates?id=support-for-ubuntu-2004-lts-for-batch-pools-will-be-retired-on-23-april-2025

Currently these images are found. az batch pool supported-images list

OS Type    Node Agent Sku            Publisher               Offer                                              Sku                                                 Version    VerificationType
---------  ------------------------  ----------------------  -------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------  ---------  ------------------
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux                                          8-gen1                                              latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux                                          8-gen2                                              latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux                                          8_5                                                 latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux                                          8_5-gen2                                            latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 9           almalinux               almalinux                                          9-gen1                                              latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 9           almalinux               almalinux                                          9-gen2                                              latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux-hpc                                      8-hpc-gen1                                          latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux-hpc                                      8-hpc-gen2                                          latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux-x86_64                                   8-gen1                                              latest     verified
linux      batch.node.el 8           almalinux               almalinux-x86_64                                   8-gen2                                              latest     verified
linux      batch.node.el 9           almalinux               almalinux-x86_64                                   9-gen1                                              latest     verified
linux      batch.node.el 9           almalinux               almalinux-x86_64                                   9-gen2                                              latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 22.04   canonical               0001-com-ubuntu-confidential-vm-jammy              22_04-lts-cvm                                       latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   canonical               0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal                       20_04-lts                                           latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   canonical               0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal                       20_04-lts-gen2                                      latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 22.04   canonical               0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy                       22_04-lts                                           latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 22.04   canonical               0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy                       22_04-lts-gen2                                      latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 24.04   canonical               ubuntu-24_04-lts                                   cvm                                                 latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 24.04   canonical               ubuntu-24_04-lts                                   server                                              latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 24.04   canonical               ubuntu-24_04-lts                                   server-gen1                                         latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   microsoft-azure-batch   ubuntu-server-container                            20-04-lts                                           latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   microsoft-azure-batch   ubuntu-server-container-rdma                       20-04-lts                                           latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoft-dsvm          dsvm-win-2019                                      winserver-2019                                      latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   microsoft-dsvm          ubuntu-2004                                        2004                                                latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   microsoft-dsvm          ubuntu-2004                                        2004-gen2                                           latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   microsoft-dsvm          ubuntu-hpc                                         2004                                                latest     verified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 22.04   microsoft-dsvm          ubuntu-hpc                                         2204                                                latest     verified
linux      batch.node.mariner 2.0    microsoftcblmariner     cbl-mariner                                        cbl-mariner-2                                       latest     verified
linux      batch.node.mariner 2.0    microsoftcblmariner     cbl-mariner                                        cbl-mariner-2-gen2                                  latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2012-datacenter                                     latest     unverified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2012-datacenter-smalldisk                           latest     unverified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2012-r2-datacenter                                  latest     unverified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2012-r2-datacenter-smalldisk                        latest     unverified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2016-datacenter                                     latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2016-datacenter-gensecond                           latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2016-datacenter-gs                                  latest     unverified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2016-datacenter-smalldisk                           latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2016-datacenter-smalldisk-g2                        latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter                                     latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-core                                latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-core-g2                             latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-core-smalldisk                      latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-core-smalldisk-g2                   latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-gensecond                           latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-gs                                  latest     unverified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-smalldisk                           latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2019-datacenter-smalldisk-g2                        latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter                                     latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-azure-edition                       latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-azure-edition-smalldisk             latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-core                                latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-core-g2                             latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-core-smalldisk                      latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-core-smalldisk-g2                   latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-g2                                  latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-smalldisk                           latest     verified
windows    batch.node.windows amd64  microsoftwindowsserver  windowsserver                                      2022-datacenter-smalldisk-g2                        latest     verified
linux      batch.node.el 8           oracle                  oracle-linux                                       81                                                  latest     unverified
linux      batch.node.ubuntu 20.04   xilinx                  xilinx_alveo_u250_deployment_vm_ubuntu2004_062421  xilinx_alveo_u250_deployment_vm_ubuntu_2004_062421  latest     unverified
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  1. Markapuram Sudheer Reddy 990 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-02-25T13:19:13.0066667+00:00

    Hi Jesse Kela,

    Thank You for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A forum.

    As batch pools with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS VM images is reaching the end of standard support life as they were no longer supported in Batch after 23 April 2025, you can create custom images compatible for Batch containers on one of the Linux distributions that's compatible with Batch. For Docker support on a custom image, install a suitable Docker-compatible runtime, such as a version of Docker or Mirantis Container Runtime on the base image and ensure that the runtime is properly configured to support container execution. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/batch-sig-images

    Please follow below documentation for more information:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/batch-docker-container-workloads#linux-support

    If the information is helpful, please click on "Accept Answer" and "Upvote"

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