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# Operating systems supported by Application Migration Service
Supported operating systems

AWS Application Migration Service supports replication of physical, virtual or cloud-based source servers for multiple versions of Window and Linux operating systems. 

## Supported Windows operating systems
Supported Windows operating systems

AWS Application Migration Service allows replication of physical, virtual or cloud-based source servers to the AWS Cloud for multiple versions of Windows. 

### General Notes


**Important**  
** Support deprecation notes**  
 **Windows 2003**: Effective February 15, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported. 
**Windows 2008**: Effective December 30, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported.
**Windows 7**: Effective December 30, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported.
+ [Review the AWS Replication Agent installation requirements.](installation-requirements.md)
+ Windows source servers require a minimum of 2 GB of free disk space to launch a test or cutover instance.
+ The WMI service must be activated to install the AWS Replication Agent.

**These Windows operating systems are supported:**


| Operating system | Supported versions | Prerequisites and Limitations | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2025 64-bit  |    | Requires .Net Framework version 4.5 or above to be installed by the end user.  | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2022 64-bit  |    | Requires .Net Framework version 4.5 or above to be installed by the end user.  | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2019 64-bit  |    | Requires .Net Framework version 4.5 or above to be installed by the end user.  | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2016 64-bit  |    | Requires .Net Framework version 4.5 or above to be installed by the end user.  | 
|  Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit  |   |  Ensure that the [auto sleep function in Windows 10](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/turn-off-auto-sleep-in-windows-10/79f2d86c-3378-495f-8da2-4d78021876d4) is disabled. Data replication may be interrupted if the feature is activated.  | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2012  This version has reached end of life. We recommend that you update to a more recent version.  |  64-bit and R2 64-bit  | Requires .Net Framework version 4.5 or above to be installed by the end user.  | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2008  This version has reached end of life. We recommend that you update to a more recent version.  |  64-bit and R2 64-bit  | [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-bit This version has reached end of life. We recommend that you update to a more recent version.  |    |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit This version has reached end of life. We recommend that you update to a more recent version.  |    |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 

## Supported Linux operating systems
Supported Linux operating systems

### General Notes


**Important**  
** Support deprecation notes **  
**Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 5.x and CentOS version 5.x**: Effective December 30, 2025, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**Debian 6.x- 9.x**: Effective April 30, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**Ubuntu 12.04**: Effective August 20, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported.
**Oracle versions 6.x**: Effective August 28, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**CentOS versions 6.x**: Effective August 28, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**SLES versions 11.x**: Effective August 28, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**CentOS 7-7.9**: Effective November 20, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**Amazon Linux 1 (AL1)**: Effective November 20, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported.
**Ubuntu 14.04**: Effective December 20, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported.
**Debian 10**: Effective December 30, 2026, this operating system is no longer supported.
**Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 6.x**: Effective December 30, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
**CentOS versions 8.x**: Effective December 30, 2026, these operating systems are no longer supported.
+ [Review the AWS Replication Agent installation requirements.](installation-requirements.md)
+ Application Migration Service does not support 32 bit versions of Linux.
+ For source machines configured with LVM, on RHEL/Oracle version less than or equal to 9.4, please make sure to update the lvm package to `lvm2-2.03.23-1.el9` or latest.
+  Kernel version 4.9.256 is not supported. Agent installation fails on servers that run this kernel version. 
+  Kernel versions earlier than 2.6.18-164 are not supported by AWS Application Migration Service. Therefore, servers that run these kernel versions cannot be replicated by AWS Application Migration Service. 

**These Linux operating systems are supported:**


| Operating system | Supported versions | Prerequisites and Limitations | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  Amazon Linux  |  1, 2, 2023  |  Amazon Linux 1 is only supported for AWS to AWS recovery.  | 
|  RHEL  |  6.0 to 9.7, 10, 10.1  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  CentOS  |  6.0 to 8.0   |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  Oracle Linux  |  6.0 to 7.0, 8.5 to 8.9, and 9.0 to 9.4  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  Rocky Linux  |  8 to 9.7, 10, 10.1  |  For Rocky Linux 8.x, a prerequisite is to run `$ sudo yum install elfutils-libelf-devel`   | 
|  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server  |  11 SP4 to 15 SP7  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  Ubuntu  |  12.04 to 24.04  |  [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/mgn/latest/ug/Supported-Operating-Systems.html)  | 
|  Debian  |  10 to 11  |   Only Kernel 3.x or above are supported   | 
|  AlmaLinux  |  9.6, 9.7, 10, 10.1  |  For AlmaLinux, a prerequisite is to run `$ sudo yum install elfutils-libelf-devel`   | 