Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be deployed on various hardware options from bare metal, hybrid cloud environments to public clouds such as AWS, GCP and Azure.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux comes with the latest version of language runtimes and tools, the latest developer toolset and compilers, and developer tools for developing and deploying workloads securely and with a stable foundation.

Includes improvements to the container runtime and base images to allow users more flexibility in the deployment of container-based applications.

Includes an expanded set of management capabilities to configure services (network, storage, and compute) with the help of system roles based on Ansible technology.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 beta is here. Download now.

Read Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 beta release notes.

Currently using CentOS Linux? Follow along with this tutorial to migrate to RHEL from CentOS Linux in 7 easy steps, or try a hands-on lab.

Kickstart your migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Convert2RHEL utility: Download the Convert CentOS Linux to RHEL cheat sheet.

Learn more about the CentOS Linux migration to RHEL and the simplified process of contributing to RHEL development with CentOS Stream.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) provides a secure, highly available, cost-effective, and consistent performance environment for Microsoft SQL-based applications that run on bare metal, virtual machines, containers, and the hybrid cloud. With RHEL, you can easily modernize Microsoft SQL-based applications to the latest versions on any platform or in a hybrid cloud.  RHEL’s analytical capabilities help identify security, performance, and stability threats along with remediation guidance to minimize unplanned application downtimes.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is supported for both Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and Microsoft SQL Server 2019.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the certified operating system for SAP solutions and SAP applications. Red Hat Enterprise Linux  allows SAP customers to leverage the flexibility and reliability of open source to help them improve both their efficiency and the quality of business results using SAP solutions. To ensure compliance with SAP best practices,  RHEL for SAP Solutions includes High Availability, live kernel patching to minimize down time, along with proactive monitoring and analytical capabilities using Red Hat Insights.  RHEL also offers remote management options and extended support subscriptions, so SAP customers can remain focused on their business objectives. The add-on of RHEL Smart Management provides a single pane of glass for large and complex SAP environments, ensuring a consistent foundation for SAP business applications.

CentOS Stream is an upstream open source development platform where you can develop, test, and contribute to a continuously delivered distribution that tracks just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This is where various Red Hat ecosystem development partners and community members add their contributions that might be incorporated into RHEL. Looking for information on CentOS Linux?
 

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Fedora is the upstream project on which future Red Hat Enterprise Linux major releases are based. This is where significant operating system innovations are introduced.
 

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InstructLab is an open source project for enhancing large language models (LLMs) used in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) applications. Created by IBM and Red Hat, the InstructLab community provides a cost-effective solution for improving the alignment of LLMs and opens the doors for those with minimal machine learning experience to contribute.

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