Our new operating system is here! 🎉
Shared servers and VPS running AlmaLinux 9 are available now! 🚀
Let’s cut right to it: Shared servers running AlmaLinux 9 are now available in Frankfurt, Washington DC, Dallas, San Francisco, and Singapore. VPS running the new operating system are available everywhere we support VPS.
What’s new? 🌟
Here’s a list of some of the software versions that are available on the new system, with the current versions included for comparison:
- PostgreSQL 14 → PostgreSQL 17
- MariaDB 10.6 → Percona MySQL 8.4
- Ruby 3.2 → Ruby 3.3
- System Python 2.7 → Python 3.9
- ImageMagick 6 → ImageMagick 7
- Default PHP 7.3 → PHP 8.3
- Apache 2.4.6 → Apache 2.4.57
- Rust 1.72 → Rust 1.75
- Git 1.83 → Git 2.43
- Linux kernel 3.10.0 → kernel 5.14.0
- Hundreds of system library updates
How can you get started with the new OS? 🏁
The new operating system will only be available on newly-provisioned hardware; our existing servers will not be upgraded. If you’re an existing customer and want to take advantage of the new OS then you must either migrate your account to one of the new servers or purchase an additional hosting plan located on one of the new servers.
Note that the following software is not supported on the new operating system:
- PHP versions earlier than 8.3
- Python versions earlier than 3.9
- Ruby versions under 3.3
- Applications that only support MySQL < 8.0
If you have applications using these software versions then you will need to upgrade them to a supported version before you can migrate them to the new operating system. You can find everything else you need to know in our migration docs.
There’s more to come! ✨
We’re looking forward to the new installers and software you’ll be able to run on the new operating system. Watch for them through the coming months!