AWS Systems Manager now supports additional Rocky, Oracle, and Alma Linux versions

AWS Systems Manager now supports instances running Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, and Oracle Linux versions 8.8 and 8.9. Systems Manager customers running these operating systems versions now have access to all AWS Systems Manager Node Management capabilities, including Fleet Manager, Compliance, Inventory, Hybrid Activations, Session Manager, Run Command, State Manager, Patch Manager, and Distributor. For a full list of supported operating systems and machine types for AWS Systems Manager, see the user guide. Patch Manager enables you to automatically patch instances with both security-related and other types of updates across your infrastructure for a variety of common operating systems, including Windows Server, Amazon Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). For a full list of supported operating systems for AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager, see the Patch Manager prerequisites user guide page.

This feature is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Systems Manager is available. For more information, visit the Systems Manager product page and Systems Manager documentation.