MKE, MSR, and MCR Maintenance Lifecycle¶
Warning
In correlation with the end of life (EOL) date for MSR 2.8.x, Mirantis stopped maintaining this documentation version as of 2022-05-27. The latest MSR product documentation is available here.
The MKE, MSR, and MCR platform subscription provides software, support, and certification to enterprise development and IT teams that build and manage critical apps in production at scale. It provides a trusted platform for all apps which supply integrated management and security across the app lifecycle, comprised primarily of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Secure Registry (MSR), and Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR).
Mirantis validates the MKE, MSR, and MCR platform for the operating system environments specified in the compatibility-matrix, adhering to the Maintenance Lifecycle detailed here. Support for the MKE, MSR, and MCR platform is defined in the Mirantis Cloud Native Platform Subscription Services agreement.
Detailed here are all currently supported product versions, as well as the product versions most recently deprecated. It can be assumed that all earlier product versions are at End of Life (EOL).
Important Definitions
“Major Releases” (X.y.z): Vehicles for delivering major and minor feature development and enhancements to existing features. They incorporate all applicable Error corrections made in prior Major Releases, Minor Releases, and Maintenance Releases.
“Minor Releases” (x.Y.z): Vehicles for delivering minor feature developments, enhancements to existing features, and defect corrections. They incorporate all applicable Error corrections made in prior Minor Releases, and Maintenance Releases.
“Maintenance Releases” (x.y.Z): Vehicles for delivering Error corrections that are severely affecting a number of customers and cannot wait for the next major or minor release. They incorporate all applicable defect corrections made in prior Maintenance Releases.
“End of Life” (EOL): Versions are no longer supported by Mirantis, updating to a later version is recommended.
GA to 12 months |
12 to 18 months |
18 to 24 months |
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Full support |
Full support 1 |
Limited Support for existing installations 2 |
1 Software patches for critical bugs and security issues only; no feature enablement.
2 Software patches for critical security issues only.
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE)¶
3.6.z |
3.7.z |
|
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General Availability (GA) |
2022-OCT-13 (3.6.0) |
2023-AUG-30 (3.7.0) |
End of Life (EOL) |
2024-OCT-13 |
2025-AUG-29 |
Release frequency |
x.y.Z every 6 weeks |
x.y.Z every 6 weeks |
Patch release content |
As needed:
|
As needed:
|
Supported lifespan |
2 years 1 |
2 years 1 |
1 Refer to the Support lifecycle table for details.
EOL MKE Versions¶
MKE Version |
EOL date |
---|---|
2.0.z |
2017-AUG-16 |
2.1.z |
2018-FEB-07 |
2.2.z |
2019-NOV-01 |
3.0.z |
2020-APR-16 |
3.1.z |
2020-NOV-06 |
3.2.z |
2021-JUL-21 |
3.3.z |
2022-MAY-27 |
3.4.z |
2023-APR-11 |
3.5.z |
2023-NOV-22 |
Mirantis Secure Registry (MSR)¶
2.9.z |
3.1.z |
|
---|---|---|
General Availability (GA) |
2021-APR-12 (2.9.0) |
2023-SEP-28 (3.1.0) |
End of Life (EOL) |
2024-OCT-13 |
2025-SEP-27 |
Release frequency |
x.y.Z every 6 weeks |
x.y.Z every 6 weeks |
Patch release content |
As needed:
|
As needed:
|
Supported lifespan |
2 years 1 |
2 years 1 |
1 Refer to the Support lifecycle table for details.
EOL MSR Versions¶
MSR Version |
EOL date |
---|---|
2.1.z |
2017-AUG-16 |
2.2.z |
2018-FEB-07 |
2.3.z |
2019-FEB-15 |
2.4.z |
2019-NOV-01 |
2.5.z |
2020-APR-16 |
2.6.z |
2020-NOV-06 |
2.7.z |
2021-JUL-21 |
2.8.z |
2022-MAY-27 |
3.0.z |
2024-APR-20 |
Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR)¶
Enterprise 23.0 |
|
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General Availability (GA) |
2023-FEB-23 (23.0.1) |
End of Life (EOL) |
2025-JUNE-04 |
Release frequency |
x.y.Z every 6 weeks |
Patch release content |
As needed:
|
Supported lifespan |
2 years 1 |
1 Refer to the Support lifecycle table for details.
EOL MCR Versions¶
MCR Version |
EOL date |
---|---|
CSE 1.11.z |
2017-MAR-02 |
CSE 1.12.z |
2017-NOV-14 |
CSE 1.13.z |
2018-FEB-07 |
EE 17.03.z |
2018-MAR-01 |
Docker Engine - Enterprise v17.06 |
2020-APR-16 |
Docker Engine - Enterprise 18.03 |
2020-JUN-16 |
Docker Engine - Enterprise 18.09 |
2020-NOV-06 |
Docker Engine - Enterprise 19.03 |
2021-JUL-21 |
MCR 19.03.8+ |
2022-MAY-27 |
MCR 20.10.0+ |
2023-DEC-10 |