Platform support policy

This overview summarizes the Calico Enterprise policies for supporting and testing third-party platforms for Calico Enterprise.

See the documentation for your version of Calico Enterprise for specific platform versions that are supported. Note that supported versions for platforms are finalized approximately two weeks before a Calico Enterprise release is GA.

Kubernetes

Upstream Kubernetes releases new versions approximately four times per year as stated in their Release Cycle documentation.

Calico Enterprise supports the last three versions of Kubernetes at time of Calico Enterprise release. For example, if 1.22 is the latest version at time of release, then 1.22, 1.21, and 1.20 are the supported versions upon release.

Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)

Calico Enterprise supports the latest version of AKS at time of Calico Enterprise release, as stated in the system requirements.

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

Calico Enterprise supports the latest version of EKS at time of Calico Enterprise release, as stated in the system requirements.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Calico Enterprise supports the latest version of GKE regular channel at time of Calico Enterprise release, as stated in the system requirements.

Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE)

Calico Enterprise supports the latest version of MKE at time of Calico Enterprise release, as stated in the system requirements.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)

Red Hat releases a new version of OpenShift approximately every four months according to their lifecycle support policy. Even numbered releases (4.6, 4.8, etc.) are Extended Update Support (EUS) releases that provide an upgrade path to the next EUS.

If the last three versions of OpenShift contain two EUS releases, then Calico Enterprise will support all three versions upon release to provide customers with an easier upgrade path. If the last three versions contain only one EUS, then Calico Enterprise will only support the last two versions of OpenShift upon release.

See the OpenShift system requirements for more information on a specific release of Calico Enterprise.

Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE)

Calico Enterprise supports the latest version of RKE at time of Calico Enterprise release, as stated in the system requirements.

Rancher's Next Generation Kubernetes Distribution (RKE2)

Calico Enterprise supports the versions of RKE2 that align with supported kubernetes versions in Calico Enterprise release, as stated in the system requirements.

Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)

See the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) system requirements for more information on a specific release of Calico Enterprise.