Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) images available in Azure
Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs
Azure offers various RHEL images for different use cases.
Note
All RHEL images are available in Azure public and Azure Government clouds. They are not available in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet clouds.
List of RHEL images
This section provides list of RHEL images available in Azure. Unless otherwise stated, all images are LVM-partitioned and attached to regular RHEL repositories (not EUS, not E4S). The following images are currently available for general use:
RHEL x64 architecture images
| Offer | SKU | Partitioning | Provisioning | Notes |
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| RHEL | 7-RAW | RAW | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories by default (not EUS). |
| 7-LVM | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories by default (not EUS). If you're looking for a standard RHEL image to deploy, use this set of images and/or its Generation 2 counterpart. |
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| 7lvm-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories by default (not EUS). If you're looking for a standard RHEL image to deploy, use this set of images and/or its Generation 1 counterpart. |
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| 7-RAW-CI | RAW-CI | cloud-init | RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories by default (not EUS). |
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| 7.2 | RAW | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories by default (not EUS). |
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| 7.3 | RAW | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories by default (not EUS). |
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| 7.4 | RAW | Linux Agent | Attached to EUS repositories by default as of April 2019. | |
| 74-gen2 | RAW | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories by default. |
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| 7.5 | RAW | Linux Agent | Attached to EUS repositories by default as of June 2019. | |
| 75-gen2 | RAW | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories by default. |
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| 7.6 | RAW | Linux Agent | Attached to EUS repositories by default as of May 2019. | |
| 76-gen2 | RAW | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories by default. |
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| 7.7 | LVM | Linux Agent | Attached to EUS repositories by default. | |
| 77-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories by default. |
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| 7.8 | LVM | Linux Agent | Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 7.8) | |
| 78-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 7.8) |
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| 7.9 | LVM | Linux Agent | Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 7.9) | |
| 79-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 7.9) |
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| 8-LVM | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories. |
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| 8-lvm-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories. |
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| 8 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. | |
| 8-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. | |
| 8.1 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories by default. |
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| 81gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories as of November 2020. |
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| 8.1-ci | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories as of November 2020. |
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| 81-ci-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories as of November 2020. |
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| 8.2 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories as of November 2020. |
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| 82gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories as of November 2020. |
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| 8.3 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 8.3) |
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| 83-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 8.3) |
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| 8.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories |
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| 84-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories |
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| 8.5 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 8.5) |
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| 85-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to regular repositories (EUS unavailable for RHEL 8.5) |
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| 8.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories |
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| 86-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 8.x family of images. Attached to EUS repositories |
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| 9.0 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 9.x family of images. Currently attached to regular repositories. Will be attached to EUS repositories once they become available |
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| 90-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - RHEL 9.x family of images. Currently attached to regular repositories. Will be attached to EUS repositories once they become available |
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| RHEL-SAP-APPS | 6.8 | RAW | Linux Agent | RHEL 6.8 for SAP Business Applications. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP images. |
| 7.3 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.3 for SAP Business Applications. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP images. | |
| 7.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.4 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 7.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.6 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 7.7 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.7 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 77-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.7 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 8.1 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.1 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 81-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.1 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 8.2 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.2 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 82-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.2 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 8.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.4 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 84-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.4 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 8.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.6 for SAP Business Applications | |
| 86-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.6 for SAP Business Applications | |
| RHEL-SAP-HA | 7.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.4 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
| 74sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.4 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| 7.5 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.5 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 7.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.6 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 76sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.6 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| 7.7 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.7 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 77sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.7 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| 8.1 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.1 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 81sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.1 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| 8.2 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.2 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 82sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.2 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| 8.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.4 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 84sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.4 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| 8.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.6 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees | |
| 86sapha-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.6 for SAP with HA and Update Services. Attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and HA repositories and RHEL, on top of the base compute fees |
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| RHEL-BYOS | rhel-lvm74 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.4 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
| rhel-lvm75 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.5 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm76 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.6 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm76-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.6 2 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm77 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.7 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm77-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.7 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm78 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.8 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm78-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.8 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm8 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.0 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm8-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.0 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm81 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.1 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm81-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.1 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm82 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.2 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm82-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.2 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm83 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.3 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm83-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.3 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm84 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.4 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm84-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.4 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm85 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.5 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm85-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.5 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm86 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 8.6 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm86-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 8.6 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| rhel-lvm90 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 9.0 BYOS images, not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium | |
| rhel-lvm90-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 9.0 BYOS images. Not attached to any source of updates, won't charge an RHEL premium |
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| RHEL-SAP (out of support) | 7.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.4 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
| 74sap-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.4 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
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| 7.5 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.5 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
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| 75sap-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.5 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
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| 7.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.6 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
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| 76sap-gen2 | LVM | Linux Agent | Generation 2 - RHEL 7.6 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
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| 7.7 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.7 for SAP HANA and Business Apps. Images are attached to E4S repositories. Will charge a premium for SAP and RHEL and the base compute fee |
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| RHEL-SAP-HANA (out of support) | 6.7 | RAW | Linux Agent | RHEL 6.7 for SAP HANA. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP images. This image will be removed in November 2020. More details about Red Hat's SAP cloud offerings are available at SAP offerings on certified cloud providers |
| 7.2 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.2 for SAP HANA. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP images. This image will be removed in November 2020. More details about Red Hat's SAP cloud offerings are available at SAP offerings on certified cloud providers |
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| 7.3 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.3 for SAP HANA. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP images. This image will be removed in November 2020. More details about Red Hat's SAP cloud offerings are available at SAP offerings on certified cloud providers |
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| RHEL-HA (out of support) | 7.4 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.4 with HA Add-On. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP-HA images. Will charge a premium for HA and RHEL on top of the base compute fee |
| 7.5 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.5 with HA Add-On. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP-HA images. Will charge a premium for HA and RHEL on top of the base compute fee |
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| 7.6 | LVM | Linux Agent | RHEL 7.6 with HA Add-On. Outdated in favor of the RHEL-SAP-HA images. Will charge a premium for HA and RHEL on top of the base compute fee |
Note
The RHEL-SAP-HANA product offering is considered end of life by Red Hat. Existing deployments will continue to work normally, but Red Hat recommends that customers migrate from the RHEL-SAP-HANA images to the RHEL-SAP-HA images which includes the SAP HANA repositories and the HA add-on. More details about Red Hat's SAP cloud offerings are available at SAP offerings on certified cloud providers.
RHEL 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, and 6.10 have Extended Lifecycle Support available.
RHEL ARM64 architecture images
| Offer | SKU | Partitioning | Provisioning | Notes |
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| RHEL | 8_6-arm64 | LVM | Linux Agent | Hyper-V Generation 2 - Attached to EUS repositories |
Next steps
- Learn more about the Red Hat images in Azure on the Overview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux images page.
- Learn more about the Red Hat Update Infrastructure on the Red Hat Update Infrastructure for on-demand Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMs in Azure page.
- Learn more about the RHEL BYOS offer on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux bring-your-own-subscription Gold Images in Azure page.
- Information on Red Hat support policies for all versions of RHEL can be found on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle page.