This offering is for EMEA. Click here for North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
Direct support from Red Hat
Red Hat Hybrid Committed Spend eligible
Flexible pricing options available via Private Offers. Contact Red Hat for more information.

The RHEL 7 ELS offering provides access to security patches and updates after June 30, 2024. This offering is intended for customers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VMs in Azure and want to continue to receive security patches and updates for those VMs beyond the RHEL 7 end of maintenance date (June 30, 2024). The cost of this offering is based on the number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) used per hour. For more information: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Maintenance Policy.

Compared to previous major releases, Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) for RHEL 7 expands the scope of security fixes by including updates that address important Common Vulnerabilities and Exceptions (CVEs). It also includes maintenance for RHEL for SAP Solutions (including S4/HANA) and RHEL High Availability and Resilient Storage add-ons.

Important

RHEL VMs must be on v7.9 to use RHEL 7 ELS
RHEL 7 ELS will be available through June 30, 2028
To enable accurate metering and billing, please ensure that every Azure account containing a RHEL 7 VM that will be using ELS is subscribed to this offering.

More than 33,000 customers and 90%* of Fortune 500 companies rely on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This intelligent operating system (OS) serves as the consistent foundation across Microsoft Azure, on premise, hybrid and multicloud environments, all the way to the edge. Not only is Red Hat Enterprise Linux optimized for a cloud environment, but also designed to host your most critical workloads with reliability and security.

Why do organizations of all sizes around the world choose Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Reduce risk with security resources and tooling
Build faster with developer-friendly tools and features
Avoid surprises with integrated analytics and remediation via Red Hat Insights, which is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Save time with streamlined management and automation
Eliminate uncertainty with long-term life cycle support, flexibility and predictable release cadence

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS)Red Hat Limited

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS)

Red Hat Limited

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS)

Red Hat Limited

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS)
Red Hat Limited