compat: update compatibility matrix for 4.20/main onwards (#409)

* compat: update compatibility matrix for 4.20/main onwards

Signed-off-by: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]>

* Update source/releasenotes/compat.rst

* Update source/releasenotes/compat.rst

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Signed-off-by: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]>

Author: rohityadavcloud

source/releasenotes/compat.rst

@@ -23,55 +23,51 @@ This section lists the operating systems that are supported for running
 CloudStack Management Server.
 
 -  Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS
--  CentOS versions 7
--  Rocky Linux 8, 9
--  Alma Linux 8, 9
 -  Oracle Linux 8, 9
--  RHEL versions 7, 8, 9
+-  Alma Linux 8, 9
+-  Rocky Linux 8, 9
+-  RHEL versions 8, 9
 -  openSUSE Leap 15
 -  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (not tested, but expected to work same as with openSUSE 15)
+-  Debian 12 (not tested, but expected to work same as Ubuntu)
 
-   .. note:: There is a known issue with ipmitool with RHEL8 / SUSE, so certain functionality such as out of band management might not work
+   .. note:: There is a known issue with ipmitool with EL8 / EL9 / SUSE, so certain functionality such as out of band management might not work
 
 Software Requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
--  Java JRE 17
--  MySQL 5.6, 5.7, 8.0
+-  Java JRE 11 or Java JRE 17
+-  MySQL 8.0 (or equivalent compatible DBMS)
 
 Supported Hypervisor Versions
 -----------------------------
 
-CloudStack supports three hypervisor families, XenServer with XAPI, KVM,
+CloudStack supports three hypervisor families, KVM, XenServer/XCP-ng with XAPI,
 and VMware with vSphere.
 
 -  Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 24.04 LTS with KVM
--  CentOS 7 with KVM
--  Rocky Linux 8, 9 with KVM
--  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9 with KVM
--  Alma Linux 8, 9
 -  Oracle Linux 8, 9 with KVM
--  openSUSE Leap 15
--  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
--  XenServer versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 8.0 (8.1 and 8.2 expected to work, but not tested. For 8.2 please check the note below) with latest hotfixes
--  XCP-ng 7.4.0, 7.6.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0
+-  Alma Linux 8, 9 with KVM
+-  Rocky Linux 8, 9 with KVM
+-  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 with KVM
+-  openSUSE Leap 15 with KVM
+-  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with KVM
+-  XCP-ng 8.2.0
+-  Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer version 8.2 (not tested, but expected to work. For 8.2 please check the note below) with latest hotfixes
+-  Debian 12 with KVM (not tested, but expected to work same as Ubuntu)
 
    .. note:: It is now required to enable HA on the XenServer pool in order to recover from a pool-master failure. Please refer to the `XenServer documentation <https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xencenter/7-1/pools-ha-enable.html>`_.
 
    .. note:: For XenServer version 8.2 to work it might be necessary to manually add a custom storage repository with name "XenServer Tools" containing the systemvm.iso file.
 
--  VMware versions 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 and 8.0.0
+-  VMware versions 7.0 and 8.0.0
 
-   .. note:: The following VMware minor versions are supported and tested: 6.5, 6.7, 6.7.1, 6.7.2, 6.7.3, 7.0, 7.0.1.0, 7.0.2.0, 7.0.3.0, 8.0, 8.0a (8.0.0.1), 8.0b (8.0.0.2), 8.0c (8.0.0.3).
+   .. note:: The following VMware minor versions are supported and tested: 7.0, 7.0.1.0, 7.0.2.0, 7.0.3.0, 8.0, 8.0a (8.0.0.1), 8.0b (8.0.0.2), 8.0c (8.0.0.3).
     For any minor versions without hypervisor mappings, all Instances have guest OS identifier "otherGuest64" (x86-64 architecture) or "otherGuest" (other architectures).
 
-   .. note:: There is a known issue in 6.7 U1 (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67315) which blocks some CloudStack cloning operations. The use of linked clones is known to be effected.
-
-   .. note:: There is a known issue in 6.7 U3 - 6.7 U3f where a malformed OVA could crash vCenter services (for more information see `here <https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-users/202005.mbox/%3CCAMvtBPNQqbe0XEsHyjFMror7HRvj-c%3DfEe7y12NfCDQSFTYgqQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E>`_). To avoid the issue, make sure to use 6.7 U3g or later.
-
    .. note:: There are some known issues with 8.0 U1 (https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/7572). VMware 8.0 U1 (8.0.1.0) is not supported yet.
 
--  LXC Host Containers on RHEL 7 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
+-  LXC Host Containers on RHEL 8, 9 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
 -  Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V Role enabled (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
 -  Hyper-V 2012 R2 (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
 -  Oracle VM 3.0+ (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ and VMware with vSphere.
    -  Fedora 17
    -  Ubuntu 12.04
 
-(not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
+(not tested to work for last many CloudStack releases)
 
 Supported External Devices
 --------------------------
@@ -92,7 +88,6 @@ Supported External Devices
 -  F5 11.X (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
 -  Force 10 Switch version S4810 for Baremetal Advanced Networks (not tested to work fine for last many CloudStack releases)
 
-
 Supported Browsers
 ------------------
 
@@ -112,24 +107,18 @@ Notice Of Management OSes and Hypervisors to be Deprecated
 
 The following hypervisors are no longer be supported in this release due to vendor EOL:
 
--  XenServer 6.2
--  XenServer 6.5
--  XenServer 7.0
--  vSphere 5.0
--  vSphere 5.1
--  vSphere 5.5
--  vSphere 6.0
--  CentOS/RHEL (KVM) 6.x
--  CentOS (KVM) 8.x
--  Ubuntu 14.04
--  Ubuntu 16.04
+-  KVM with CentOS/RHEL 6.x, 7.x
+-  KVM with CentOS 8.x
+-  KVM with Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
+-  XCP-ng 7.4.0, 7.6.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0
+-  XenServer 6.2, 6.5, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 8.0, 8.1
+-  vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7
 
 The following Management Server Operating Systems are no longer supported in this release due to vendor EOL:
 
--  CentOS 6.x
+-  CentOS/RHEL 6.x, 7.x
 -  CentOS 8.x [1]_
--  Ubuntu 14.04
--  Ubuntu 16.04
+-  Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
 
 .. [1] in spite of mostly being phased out some support is remaining in for now. See the section :ref:`Possible Issue with Guest OS IDs` for details.