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Revert changes to platform support policy (#14504)

Chris Akritidis committed Feb 10, 2023 at 10:54 UTC 77356ce91b694712fdc685b0fb3ae01025f71850
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packaging/PLATFORM_SUPPORT.md
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1 <!--
2 -title: "Netdata platform support policy"
3 -sidebar_label: "Installation"
2 +title: "Platform support policy"
3 +sidebar_label: "Platform support policy"
4 custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/PLATFORM_SUPPORT.md"
5 learn_status: "Published"
6 sidebar_position: "1"
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ learn_rel_path: "Installation"
9 learn_docs_purpose: "Present all the supported platform in the Netdata solution"
10 -->
11
12 -This section contains detailed information on every supported installation method and system.
13 -A quick guide for the most common use cases is available at [Install Netdata](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/README.md).
14 -
15 -
16 -## Netdata platform support policy
12 +# Netdata platform support policy
13
14 Netdata defines three tiers of official support:
15
@@ -49,9 +45,9 @@ The following table shows a general outline of the various support tiers and cat
45 - ‘Native Packages’: Whether we provide native packages for the system package manager for the platform.
46 - ‘Static Build Support’: How well our static builds are expected to work on the platform.
47
52 -### Currently supported platforms
48 +## Currently supported platforms
49
54 -#### Core
50 +### Core
51
52 Platforms in the core support tier are our top priority. They are covered rigorously in our CI, usually
53 include official binary packages, and any platform-specific bugs receive a high priority. From the perspective
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ to work on these platforms with minimal user effort.
78 | Ubuntu | 20.04 | x86\_64, ARMv7, AArch64 | |
79 | Ubuntu | 18.04 | x86\_64, i386, ARMv7, AArch64 | |
80
85 -#### Intermediate
81 +### Intermediate
82
83 Platforms in the intermediate support tier are those which Netdata wants to support, but cannot justify core level
84 support for. They are also covered in CI, but not as rigorously as the core tier. They may or may not include
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ with minimal user effort.
95 | Arch Linux | Latest | No | We officially recommend the community packages available for Arch Linux |
96 | Manjaro Linux | Latest | No | We officially recommend the community packages available for Arch Linux |
97
102 -#### Community
98 +### Community
99
100 Platforms in the community support tier are those which are primarily supported by community contributors. They may
101 receive some support from Netdata, but are only a best-effort affair. When a community member makes a contribution
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ platforms, but may require some extra effort from users.
117 | macOS | 10.15 | No | Requires Homebrew for dependencies. |
118 | openSUSE | Tumbleweed | No | |
119
124 -### Third-party supported platforms
120 +## Third-party supported platforms
121
122 Some platform maintainers actively support Netdata on their platforms even though we do not provide official
123 support. Third-party supported platforms may work, but the experience of using Netdata on such platforms is not
@@ -135,7 +131,7 @@ Currently, we know of the following platforms having some degree of third-party
131 - Rockstor: Rockstor provides support for a Netdata add-on for their NAS platform. The Rockstor community and
132 developers are the primary source for support on their platform.
133
138 -### Previously supported platforms
134 +## Previously supported platforms
135
136 As platforms become end of life upstream, Netdata will stop officially supporting them. We will not actively break
137 things on these platforms, but we will also not make any effort to ensure that things keep working on them either.
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161 | Ubuntu | 21.10 | EOL as of 2022-07-31 |
162 | Ubuntu | 21.04 | EOL as of 2022-01-01 |
163
168 -### Static builds
164 +## Static builds
165
166 The Netdata team provides static builds of Netdata for Linux systems with a selection of common CPU
167 architectures. These static builds are largely self-contained, only requiring a a POSIX-compliant shell on the target
@@ -180,9 +176,9 @@ We currently provide static builds for the following CPU architectures:
176 - AArch64
177 - POWER8+
178
183 -### Platform-specific support considerations
179 +## Platform-specific support considerations
180
185 -#### IPMI
181 +### IPMI
182
183 Our IPMI collector is based on FreeIPMI. Due to upstream limitations in FreeIPMI, we are unable to support our
184 IPMI collector on POWER-based hardware.