Introducing CloudLinux OS 9.7 Stable Release

We're pleased to unveil the latest milestone in our journey: CloudLinux OS 9.7 Stable Release! This release marks another step forward in enhancing the performance, security, and stability of your hosting environment.

Additionally, AlmaLinux OS 9.7 Stable Release is also available, offering seamless compatibility and enhanced performance.

Check the instructions below on how to install and upgrade, and find more information in the changelog.

How to Install CloudLinux OS 9.7

You can install CloudLinux OS 9.7 on a new server from the ISO image or convert an existing AlmaLinux 9.7 server to CloudLinux 9.7. Please refer to the documentation for details.

How to Upgrade

We've started a gradual rollout of the updated cloudlinux-release package that brings necessary repo updates for 9.7. The Stable rollout will take 2 weeks, so those of you who are excited to get started right away, please follow these steps to upgrade CloudLinux OS 9.6 to 9.7 manually:

1. Update cloudlinux-release package from rollout slot:
   # dnf --enablerepo=cloudlinux-rollout-9-bypass install cloudlinux-release
2. Do system upgrade:
   # dnf update
   

In about 2 weeks, CloudLinux OS 9.7 will be available from the general repository and can be updated with the following command:
# dnf update

Changelog

• Kernel and kernel module:
  • Distributed Kernel Version: 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9
  • Distributed Kernel Module: kmod-lve-2.1-54.el9
• Updated system toolchain:
  • Glibc 2.34
  • Annobin 12.98
• Updated performance tools and debuggers:
  • GDB 16.3
  • Valgrind 3.25.1
  • SystemTap 5.3
  • Dyninst 13.0.0
  • elfutils 0.193
  • libabigail 2.8
  • rsyslog 8.2506.0
  • Bpftrace 0.23.5
• Updated compiler toolsets:
  • GCC Toolset 15
    • GCC 15.1
    • Binutils 2.44. (Note that Annobin and dwz are not provided in GCC Toolset starting with version 15.)
  • LLVM Toolset 20.1.8
  • Rust Toolset 1.88.0
  • Go Toolset 1.24
• .NET 10.0 is now available
• Updated module streams:
  • Node.js 24
  • SWIG 4.3
• Updated performance monitoring tools:
  • PCP 6.3.7
  • Grafana 10.2.6
• Networking tools:
  • NetworkManager 1.54.0
  • iproute 6.14.0
  • Ethtool - 6.15
• Containers & virtualization:
  • podman 5.6.0
  • buildah 1.41.4
• Other updated components:
  • GIMP 3.0.4
  • Mesa 25.0.7
  • Samba 4.22.4
  • Git-LFS 3.6.1
• Security Updates:
  • The system-wide cryptographic policies introduce the PQ subpolicy to enable post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms and contain many improvements to support PQC in applications.
  • OpenSSL 3.5 introduces support for the ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA post-quantum algorithms and adds the hybrid ML-KEM algorithms to the default TLS group list.
  • SSSD 2.9.7
  • Keylime 7.12.1

Information about Support for New Hardware Devices added in this release can be found in the Extended Hardware Support device list.

As we aim to maintain compatibility with AlmaLinux, you can reference the AlmaLinux 9.7 release notes for additional details about this release.