Introducing CloudLinux OS 9.6 Stable Release

We’re excited to unveil the latest milestone in our journey: CloudLinux OS 9.6 Stable Release!  This release marks a significant step forward in enhancing the performance, security, and stability of your hosting environment. Check the instructions below on how to install and upgrade, and find more information on the detailed changelog.

Additionally, AlmaLinux OS 9.6 Stable Release is also available, offering seamless compatibility and enhanced performance. Check instructions below on how to install  & upgrade and find more information on detailed changelog.

How to Install CloudLinux 9.6

You can install CloudLinux OS 9.6 on a new server from the ISO image or convert an existing AlmaLinux 9.6 server to CloudLinux 9.6. Please refer to the documentation for details.

How to Upgrade

We’ve started a gradual rollout of the updated cloudlinux-release package that brings necessary repo updates for 9.6. The Stable rollout will take 2 weeks, so those of you who are excited to get started right away, please follow these steps to upgrade CloudLinux 9.5 to 9.6 manually:

1. Update cloudlinux-release package from rollout slot

         # dnf –enablerepo=cloudlinux-rollout-10-bypass install cloudlinux-release

      2. Do system upgrade

         # dnf update

In about 2 weeks, CloudLinux OS 9.6 will be available from the general repository and can be updated with the following command:

        # dnf update

Changelog

• Distributed Kernel Version: 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
• Distributed Kernel Module: kmod-lve-2.1-45.el9

Updated Module Streams:

• Maven 3.9
• MySQL 8.4
• nginx 1.26
• php 8.3

Performance Tools and Debuggers Updates:

• elfutils 0.192
• Valgrind 3.24.0
• SystemTap 5.2
• rsyslog 8.2412.0
• Git 2.47.1
• Git-LFS 3.6.1

Performance Monitoring Tools:

• PCP 6.3.2

Compiler Updates:

• LLVM-Toolset 19.1.7
• Go-Toolset 1.23.6
• Rust-Toolset 1.84.1

Security Updates:

• SSSD 2.9.6

Networking Tools:

• NetworkManager 1.51.90
• iproute 6.11.0

Containers & Virtualization:

• podman 5.4.0
• buildah 1.39.0
• libvirt 10.10.0
• QEMU-KVM 9.1.0

Added New Virtualization Packages:

• snpguest
• snphost

Information about Support for New Hardware Devices added in this release can be found in the Extended Hardware Support device list.

As we aim to maintain compatibility with AlmaLinux, you can reference the AlmaLinux 9.6 release notes for additional details about this release.