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CentOS aims to be 100% compatible with the upstream provider. Anything that is certified with RHEL "should work" on the equivalent version of CentOS.
- Usually the relevant application is not officially supported on CentOS by the application vendor, and if a CentOS user encounters a problem, may be asked to reproduce the problem on a supported platform (e.g. RHEL).
- However, due to user demand, many vendors have started including CentOS as an officially supported platform (and ironically, in some instances even list support for CentOS but not RHEL).
Currently Supported
1. Citrix XenServer
Citrix XenServer supports CentOS-5 x86 and x86_64. This is also valid for XenServer version 6.
2. Scalix
Scalix version 11.4 supports CentOS.
3. Skype
A guide to installing Skype on CentOS can be found here.
4. VirtualBox
More information about the installion of Virtualbox on CentOS can be found here.
5. Running CentOS as guest on VMware Server
The information below is valid for both x86 and x86_64 architectures.
- CentOS-5 is supported starting with ESXi4.0
- CentOS-6 is supported starting with ESXi4.0U2
- CentOS-7 is supported starting with ESXi5.5
VMware no longer lists specific subversions of CentOS, but rather uses something like MajorVersion.x
- When creating the virtual machine please select the according RH product as OS version. After starting VMware-Tools the correct OS is recognized in the server interface.
More information can be found here.
- When upgrading the hardware version from vmx-09 to vmx-10 on 5.5 (and maybe on higher ESXi versions as well) the NIC will very likely be renamed on CentOS-7 installations. It will change from something like ensxxx (x from 0-9) to something like enoxxxxxxxx (x again from 0-9). Changing the contents and renaming the according files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts should remedy that issue.
6. Running CentOS on VMware Workstation as guest
The information below is valid for both x86 and x86_64 architectures.
- VMware Workstation 8 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5.x and CentOS 6.x
- VMware Workstation 9 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5.x and CentOS-6.x
- VMware Workstation 10 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5.x and CentOS-6.x
- VMware Workstation 11 and 12 officially support the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5.x, CentOS-6.x and CentOS-7.x
VMware no longer lists specific subversions of CentOS, but rather uses something like MajorVersion.x
- So basically, every release of CentOS-5, 6 and 7 should be working, depending on your version of VMware Workstation
More information on guest OS support, especially on previous versions of VMware Workstation, can be found here.
7. Running VMware Workstation on a CentOS host
The information below is valid for both x86 and x86_64 architectures.
- VMware Workstation 8 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5 (5.1 up to 5.7) and CentOS-6.0
- VMware Workstation 9 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5 (5.1 up to 5.7) and CentOS-6 (all releases up to 6.3)
- VMware Workstation 10 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-5 (releases 5.5 through 5.10) and CentOS-6 (all releases up to 6.5)
- VMware Workstation 11 officially supports the following CentOS releases: CentOS-6.5 and CentOS-7.0
More information on host OS support, especially on previous versions of VMware Workstation, can be found here.
8. Microsoft Hyper-V
The information below is valid for both x86 and x86_64 architectures.
- MS Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1/2012/2012R2 currently support CentOS-5 (5.5-5.10), CentOS-6 (6.0-6.6) and CentOS-7 (7.0).
- No further upstream releases are currently supported.
More information can be found here and here.
9. Zimbra
CentOS is currently not officially supported by Zimbra. There is a request to officially support CentOS.