ARC and AMA agent support for RockyLinux 10 and AlmaLinux 10

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ARC and AMA agent support for RockyLinux 10 and AlmaLinux 10

elias91 5

Hello,

is there an ETA for the support of RockyLinux 10 and AlmaLinux 10 for Azure ARC and AMA?

Bharath Y P 7,080 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-04-02T10:32:50.6766667+00:00
Hello Elias, As of today, Azure Arc’s Connected Machine agent and the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) don’t yet support Rocky Linux 10 or AlmaLinux 10. The officially supported Linux distributions (per the “Connected Machine agent prerequisites” doc) include:

• Rocky Linux 8 & 9

• AlmaLinux 8 & 9

• RHEL 7–9, Ubuntu 16.04–22.04, Debian 10–13, CentOS 7/8, Amazon Linux 2, Oracle Linux 7–10, SUSE SLES 12/15, etc.

There’s no public ETA for v10 support at the moment. I’d recommend:

Keep an eye on the Azure Connected Machine agent Release Notes page for announcements of new OS support: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/agent-release-notes

If you’d like to register your interest, add a note on the Azure Feedback forum under “Azure Arc – Servers” so the engineering team can gauge demand.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Reference list

• Connected Machine agent prerequisites – Supported operating systems

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems

• Azure Connected Machine agent Release Notes

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/agent-release-notes

• Overview: Support matrix for Update Manager (Arc-enabled servers)

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/support-matrix
elias91 5 Reputation points

2026-04-02T11:38:01.1933333+00:00

Hi Bharath Y P,

Once the ARC script was edited including the v 10, the server has been onboarded successfully.

The ARC agent supports Rocky v10 but the ARC onboarding script is not aligned with the new supported OSes.

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Bharath Y P 7,080 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-04-02T10:32:50.6766667+00:00

Hello Elias, As of today, Azure Arc’s Connected Machine agent and the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) don’t yet support Rocky Linux 10 or AlmaLinux 10. The officially supported Linux distributions (per the “Connected Machine agent prerequisites” doc) include:

• Rocky Linux 8 & 9

• AlmaLinux 8 & 9

• RHEL 7–9, Ubuntu 16.04–22.04, Debian 10–13, CentOS 7/8, Amazon Linux 2, Oracle Linux 7–10, SUSE SLES 12/15, etc.

There’s no public ETA for v10 support at the moment. I’d recommend:

Keep an eye on the Azure Connected Machine agent Release Notes page for announcements of new OS support: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/agent-release-notes

If you’d like to register your interest, add a note on the Azure Feedback forum under “Azure Arc – Servers” so the engineering team can gauge demand.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Reference list

• Connected Machine agent prerequisites – Supported operating systems

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems

• Azure Connected Machine agent Release Notes

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-arc/servers/agent-release-notes

• Overview: Support matrix for Update Manager (Arc-enabled servers)

https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/update-manager/support-matrix
elias91 5 Reputation points

2026-04-02T11:38:01.1933333+00:00

Hi Bharath Y P,

Once the ARC script was edited including the v 10, the server has been onboarded successfully.

The ARC agent supports Rocky v10 but the ARC onboarding script is not aligned with the new supported OSes.

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Rocky Linux 10 and AlmaLinux 10 are already supported by the Azure Connected Machine agent (Azure Arc agent) starting with azcmagent version 1.62.

From the agent release notes for version 1.62 (March 2026):

“Support for … Alma 10 (x86_64 & Arm64), and Rocky 10 (x86_64 and Arm64).”

For Azure Arc–enabled servers managed by Azure Update Manager, AlmaLinux 9 and Rocky Linux 8/9 are listed as supported, but AlmaLinux 10 and Rocky Linux 10 are not yet included in the Update Manager support matrix.

For Azure Site Recovery and related mobility services, AlmaLinux 10.0 and Rocky 10.0 are listed as newly supported distros in Update Rollup 80.

No ETA is provided in the context for Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) support on Rocky Linux 10 or AlmaLinux 10.

References:

elias91 5 Reputation points

2026-04-02T09:56:05.3566667+00:00

i still receive:

/tmp/install_linux_azcmagent.sh: unsupported Linux distribution: Rocky Linux:10.1. For supported OSs, see
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems
elias91 5 Reputation points

2026-04-02T10:01:39.1533333+00:00

the script https://gbl.his.arc.azure.com/azcmagent-linux
does a version check:
# Rocky Linux (uses RHEL repositories)

*ocky*)

if [ ${arm64} -eq 1 ]; then

exit_failure 133 "$0: ARM64 for Rocky Linux is currently not supported. For supported OSs, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems"

fi

if [ "${distro_major_version}" -eq 8 ]; then

echo "Configuring for Rocky Linux 8..."

rpm_distro=rhel/8 # Use RHEL repository for Rocky Linux 8

elif [ "${distro_major_version}" -eq 9 ]; then

echo "Configuring for Rocky Linux 9..."

rpm_distro=rhel/9 # Use RHEL repository for Rocky Linux 9

else

exit_failure 133 "$0: unsupported Linux distribution: ${distro}:${distro_major_version}.${distro_minor_version}. For supported OSs, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-arc/servers/prerequisites#supported-operating-systems"

fi

# Determine whether to use yum, dnf, or tdnf

use_dnf_or_yum

# Install curl if needed for downloads

if [ ${install_curl} -eq 1 ]; then

if [ -n "${proxy}" ]; then

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