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commit a6becb8c630c13cfd24a3724cdfdef4cf2b36fcb Author: vishesh92 <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Fri Oct 16 14:01:09 2026 +0530 Document java 21 support --- source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst | 7 ++++--- source/installguide/management-server/_prerequisite.rst | 7 ++++--- source/quickinstallationguide/qig.rst | 4 ++-- source/releasenotes/compat.rst | 2 +- source/upgrading/upgrade/_java_version.rst | 4 ++-- source/upgrading/upgrade/upgrade-4.22.rst | 2 +- 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst index f7050040..6f92dd61 100644 --- a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst +++ b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst @@ -158,9 +158,10 @@ KVM Instances. #. Repeat all of these steps on every hypervisor host. .. warning:: - CloudStack |version| requires Java 17 JRE. Installing CloudStack agent will - automatically install Java 17, but it's good to explicitly confirm that the Java 17 - is the selected/active one (in case you had a previous Java version already installed) + CloudStack |version| requires Java 17 or 21 JRE. Installing CloudStack agent will + automatically install Java 17 (or Java 21 where Java 17 is not available), but it's good + to explicitly confirm that Java 17 or 21 is the selected/active one (in case you had a + previous Java version already installed) with ``alternatives --config java``, after CloudStack agent is installed. .. note:: diff --git a/source/installguide/management-server/_prerequisite.rst b/source/installguide/management-server/_prerequisite.rst index e932c2c6..484baaf5 100644 --- a/source/installguide/management-server/_prerequisite.rst +++ b/source/installguide/management-server/_prerequisite.rst @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ node. will be installed. .. warning:: - CloudStack |version| requires Java 17 JRE. Installing CloudStack packages will - automatically install Java 17, but it's good to explicitly confirm that the Java 17 - is the selected/active one (in case you had a previous Java version already installed) + CloudStack |version| requires Java 17 or 21 JRE. Installing CloudStack packages will + automatically install Java 17 (or Java 21 where Java 17 is not available), but it's good + to explicitly confirm that Java 17 or 21 is the selected/active one (in case you had a + previous Java version already installed) with ``alternatives --config java`` after CloudStack packages are already installed. diff --git a/source/quickinstallationguide/qig.rst b/source/quickinstallationguide/qig.rst index 02e346a9..dcb7e282 100644 --- a/source/quickinstallationguide/qig.rst +++ b/source/quickinstallationguide/qig.rst @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ following command: # dnf -y install cloudstack-management -CloudStack |version| requires Java 17 JRE. Installing the management server +CloudStack |version| requires Java 17 or 21 JRE. Installing the management server will automatically install Java 17, but it's good to explicitly confirm that Java 17 is the selected/active one (in case you had a previous Java version already installed): @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ is the selected/active one (in case you had a previous Java version already inst $ alternatives --config java -Make sure that Java 17 is selected. +Make sure that Java 17 or 21 is selected. With the application itself installed we can now setup the database, we'll do that with the following command and options: diff --git a/source/releasenotes/compat.rst b/source/releasenotes/compat.rst index f4a3e17b..cf220d2c 100644 --- a/source/releasenotes/compat.rst +++ b/source/releasenotes/compat.rst @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ CloudStack Management Server. Software Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Java JRE 17 +- Java JRE 17 or 21 - MySQL 8.4 (or equivalent compatible DBMS) Supported Hypervisor Versions diff --git a/source/upgrading/upgrade/_java_version.rst b/source/upgrading/upgrade/_java_version.rst index 860f619e..0067cb0b 100644 --- a/source/upgrading/upgrade/_java_version.rst +++ b/source/upgrading/upgrade/_java_version.rst @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Java Version Requirement ------------------------ -CloudStack |version| requires installation of Java 17 JRE for management server +CloudStack |version| requires installation of Java 17 or 21 JRE for management server and the KVM agent. On installing or upgrading cloudstack-management and/or -cloudstack-agent packages, please configure Java 17 as the default java +cloudstack-agent packages, please configure Java 17 or 21 as the default java version using: .. parsed-literal:: diff --git a/source/upgrading/upgrade/upgrade-4.22.rst b/source/upgrading/upgrade/upgrade-4.22.rst index 333fa2aa..3c08dddf 100644 --- a/source/upgrading/upgrade/upgrade-4.22.rst +++ b/source/upgrading/upgrade/upgrade-4.22.rst @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Overview of Upgrade Steps: #. Check any customisations and integrations #. Upload the |sysvm64-version| System VM template if not already using it. -#. Confirm Java 17 is the default Java version +#. Confirm Java 17 or 21 is the default Java version #. Stop all running management servers #. Backup CloudStack database (MySQL) #. Upgrade 1st CloudStack management server
