Supported operating systems

Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) enables containers to run efficiently on any substrate, powering business critical applications at leading companies worldwide.

Mirantis validates MCR for the operating system environments specified here, adhering to the MKE 3.x, MSR, and MCR maintenance lifecycle. Support for MCR is defined in the Mirantis Cloud Native Platform Subscription Services agreement. Operating system distributed versions not listed in the table are not supported under Standard Support Subscriptions. For such versions, contact your Mirantis rep to discuss support options.

Upgrade prerequisites

  • Users running MSR 2.9.16 or earlier must upgrade to MSR 2.9.17 or later before upgrading to MCR 29.2.x.

  • Users running MKE 3.8.10 or earlier must upgrade to MKE 3.8.11 or later before upgrading to MCR 29.

MCR

Max. supported Client API

Platform

Versions

29.6.1

1.53

Oracle Linux [1]

10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.6, 8.10

RHEL

10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4, 9.3 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9. 8.8, 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0

Rocky Linux

10.0, 9.7, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 8.7

SLEP

15 SP7

Ubuntu

24.04.2, 22.04.3

Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server

2022 [2], 2025 [3]

29.4.1

1.53

Oracle Linux [1]

10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8,6

RHEL

10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4, 9.3 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9. 8.8, 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0

Rocky Linux

10.0, 9.7, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 8.7

SLES

15 SP6

Ubuntu

24.04.2, 22.04.3

Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server

2022 [2]

29.2.1

1.53

Oracle Linux [1]

10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8,6

RHEL

10.0, 9.7, 9.6, 9.5, 9.4, 9.3 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9. 8.8, 8.7, 8.6, 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0

Rocky Linux

10.0, 9.7, 9.2, 9.1, 9.0, 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 8.7

SLES

15 SP6

Ubuntu

24.04.2, 22.04.3

Microsoft Windows Enterprise Server

2022 [2]