Supported AlmaLinux Features

This table lists the availability of various features on AlmaLinux clients.

The operating system you run on a client is supported by the organization that supplies the operating system. AlmaLinux is supported by the AlmaLinux community.

The icons in this table indicate:

the feature is available
the feature is not available
the feature is under consideration, and may or may not be made available at a later date

Table 1. Supported Features on AlmaLinux Operating Systems
Feature	AlmaLinux 9	AlmaLinux 8
Client	(plain AlmaLinux)	(plain AlmaLinux)
System packages	AlmaLinux Community	AlmaLinux Community
Registration
Install packages
Apply patches
Remote commands
System package states
System custom states
Group custom states
Organization custom states
System set manager (SSM)
Product migration	N/A	N/A
Basic Virtual Guest Management
Advanced Virtual Guest Management
Virtual Guest Installation (Kickstart), as Host OS
Virtual Guest Installation (image template), as Host OS
System deployment (PXE/Kickstart)
System redeployment (Kickstart)
Contact methods	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH	ZeroMQ, Salt-SSH
Works with SUSE Manager Proxy
Action chains
Staging (pre-download of packages)
Duplicate package reporting
CVE auditing
SCAP auditing
Package verification
Package locking
System locking
Maintenance Windows
System snapshot
Configuration file management
Snapshots and profiles	Profiles supported, Sync not supported	Profiles supported, Sync not supported
Power management
Monitoring server
Monitored clients
Docker buildhost
Build Docker image with OS
Kiwi buildhost
Build Kiwi image with OS
Recurring Actions
AppStreams
Yomi	N/A	N/A

Virtual Guest Management:

In this table, virtual guest management is split into basic and advanced.

Basic virtual guest management includes listing VMs, slow refresh, VM lifecycle actions (start, stop, resume, pause), and modifying VM vCPU and Memory.

Advanced virtual guest management includes all features of Basic virtual guest management plus fast refresh, VM lifecycle actions (delete, reset, power off), modifying VM disk, network, graphical display, and graphical display configuration.