Server 2016 Needs
Kennochas opened this issue · 3 comments
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Project Version
latest
VMware vSphere
7.0U3
HashiCorp Packer
10.0.1
HashiCorp Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere
1.2.1
Guest Operating System
Server 2016
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Description
Hello,
I would like to request server 2016 support be added back until it is fully in ESU. We are a cloud provider using this to build templates for vCloud, and unfortunately customers still need/demand 2016, and there is nothing anyone can do to change their mind.
The full end of support is actually in 2027.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2016
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As the maintainer, I currently don't have plans to add this back to the project at this time. The project generally drops guest operatiing systems from this project after end of general or mainstream support. For example, the project will drop Ubunto 23.10 when 24.04 LTS releases and will also be dropping some of the CentOS 7, Stream 8, and RHEL7 later this year.
That said, I'll transfer this request to the Discussions and based on community reactions 👍🏻 make a decision.
Discussion: #855
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