Version 1.14. This version is no longer supported. For information about how to upgrade to version 1.15, see Upgrading Anthos on bare metal in the 1.15 documentation. For more information about supported and unsupported versions, see the Version history page in the latest documentation.
This document lists the guest operating systems that have been tested by Google
and verified to work with VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud. Thorough tests validate
that these operating systems behave as expected in key areas.
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