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Elastic Compute Service:CentOS Stream

Last Updated:Dec 22, 2025

In late 2020, the CentOS project announced the end of maintenance for CentOS 8 and the shift to CentOS Stream. CentOS Stream is the upstream development version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and uses a rolling update model to continuously integrate the latest features and fixes. Alibaba Cloud regularly updates and publishes CentOS Stream image versions to deliver the latest features, security patches, and performance optimizations. This topic lists the released CentOS Stream image versions and their release notes.

Note

For more information about CentOS Stream, see the official CentOS Stream website.

2025

Version

Image ID

Release date

Description

CentOS Stream 10

centos_stream_10_x64_20G_alibase_20251120.vhd

2025-11-20

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-157.el10.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Optimized the sysctl configuration. Added the default configurations: net.ipv4.conf.*.rp_filter = 0 and net.ipv4.conf.*.arp_announce = 2.

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 10 (ARM)

centos_stream_10_arm64_20G_alibase_20251120.vhd

2025-11-20

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-157.el10.aarch64.

  • Updates:

    • Optimized the sysctl configuration. Added the default configurations: net.ipv4.conf.*.rp_filter = 0 and net.ipv4.conf.*.arp_announce = 2.

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20251120.vhd

2025-11-20

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-639.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Optimized the sysctl configuration. Added the default configurations: net.ipv4.conf.*.rp_filter = 0 and net.ipv4.conf.*.arp_announce = 2.

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20251120.vhd

2025-11-20

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-639.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates:

    • Optimized the sysctl configuration. Added the default configurations: net.ipv4.conf.*.rp_filter = 0 and net.ipv4.conf.*.arp_announce = 2.

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 10 (ARM)

centos_stream_10_arm64_20G_alibase_20251031.vhd

2025-10-31

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-144.el10.aarch64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20251030.vhd

2025-10-30

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-631.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 10

centos_stream_10_x64_20G_alibase_20251031.vhd

2025-10-31

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-144.el10.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20251030.vhd

2025-10-30

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-631.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 10

centos_stream_10_x64_20G_alibase_20250916.vhd

2025-09-16

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-126.el10.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 10 (ARM)

centos_stream_10_arm64_20G_alibase_20250915.vhd

2025-09-15

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-126.el10.aarch64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250915.vhd

2025-09-15

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-612.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250915.vhd

2025-09-15

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-612.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 10 (ARM)

centos_stream_10_arm64_20G_alibase_20250730.vhd

2025-07-30

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 10 (ARM) public image.

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-113.el10.aarch64.

CentOS Stream 10

centos_stream_10_x64_20G_alibase_20250730.vhd

2025-07-30

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 10 public image.

  • Kernel version: 6.12.0-113.el10.x86_64.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250722.vhd

2025-07-22

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-598.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded ecs_mq to version 2.0.7. For more information, see Multi-queue for NICs.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250722.vhd

2025-07-22

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-598.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded ecs_mq to version 2.0.7. For more information, see Multi-queue for NICs.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250707.vhd

2025-07-07

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-592.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded ecs_mq to version 2.0.6. For more information, see Multi-queue for NICs.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250707.vhd

2025-07-07

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-592.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded ecs_mq to version 2.0.6. For more information, see Multi-queue for NICs.

    • Changed the EFI partition size to 200 MB.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250526.vhd

2025-05-26

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-578.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Modified the kernel boot parameter: crashkernel=0M-2G:0M,2G-4G:160M,4G-8G:192M,8G-128G:256M,128G-:512M.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 23.2.2-8.

      • Improved the robustness of the cloud-init init --local command during interactive runtime.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250526.vhd

2025-05-26

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-585.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Modified the kernel boot parameter: crashkernel=0M-2G:0M,2G-4G:160M,4G-8G:192M,8G-128G:256M,128G-:512M.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 23.2.2-8.

      • Improved the robustness of the cloud-init init --local command during interactive runtime.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250415.vhd

2025-04-15

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-578.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 23.2.2-7.

      • Added support for fetching all metadata at once to accelerate startup.

      • No longer generates SSH host keys using the DSA algorithm.

    • By default, modules such as nvme-tcp are no longer installed in initramfs to optimize image size and startup speed.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250415.vhd

2025-04-15

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-575.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 23.2.2-7.

      • Added support for fetching all metadata at once to accelerate startup.

      • No longer generates SSH host keys using the DSA algorithm.

    • By default, modules such as nvme-tcp are no longer installed in initramfs to optimize image size and startup speed.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250317.vhd

2025-03-17

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-570.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250317.vhd

2025-03-17

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-570.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20250219.vhd

2025-02-19

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-565.el9.aarch64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250218.vhd

2025-02-18

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-565.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20250113.vhd

2025-01-13

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-547.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

2024

Version

Image ID

Release date

Description

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20241227.vhd

2024-12-27

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-542.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20241128.vhd

2024-11-28

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-533.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20241016.vhd

2024-10-16

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-516.el9.aarch64

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20241016.vhd

2024-10-16

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-516.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20240923.vhd

2024-09-23

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-508.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Enabled the Kdump service by default.

    • Added the crashkernel kernel parameter.

    • Added the crash_kexec_post_notifiers kernel parameter.

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20240903.vhd

2024-09-03

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-503.el9.aarch64

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20240821.vhd

2024-08-21

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-496.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20240708.vhd

2024-07-08

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-474.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Fixed the CVE-2024-6387 vulnerability.

CentOS Stream 9 (UEFI)

centos_stream_9_uefi_x64_20G_alibase_20240710.vhd

2024-07-10

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-474.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20240628.vhd

2024-06-28

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-553.6.1.el8.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Changed the source address to the vault source address.

CentOS Stream 8 (ARM)

centos_stream_8_arm64_20G_alibase_20240531.vhd

2024-05-31

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-553.5.1.el8.aarch64

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 23.2.2-5. For more information, see Install cloud-init.

CentOS Stream 8 (ARM)

centos_stream_8_arm64_20G_alibase_20240428.vhd

2024-04-28

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 8 (ARM) public image.

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-552.el8.aarch64

CentOS Stream 9 (ARM)

centos_stream_9_arm64_20G_alibase_20240419.vhd

2024-04-19

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 9 (ARM) public image.

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-437.el9.aarch64

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20240423.vhd

2024-04-23

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-437.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded ecs_mq to version 2.0. For more information, see Multi-queue for NICs.

    • Added support for the UEFI-Preferred boot mode. For more information, see Instance startup modes.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20240419.vhd

2024-04-19

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-552.el8.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Upgraded ecs_mq to version 2.0. For more information, see Multi-queue for NICs.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20240312.vhd

2024-03-12

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-427.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Optimized chrony and NTP configurations by removing the classic network server address.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20240312.vhd

2024-03-12

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-544.el8.x86_64.

  • Updates:

    • Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

    • Optimized chrony and NTP configurations by removing the classic network server address.

CentOS Stream 9 (UEFI)

centos_stream_9_uefi_x64_20G_alibase_20240117.vhd

2024-01-17

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-407.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20240117.vhd

2024-01-17

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-407.el9.x86_64.

  • Updates: Updated the built-in software packages to the latest versions.

2023

Version

Image ID

Release date

Description

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20231221.vhd

2023-12-21

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-391.el9.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Used cloud-init version 23.2.2. For more information, see Install cloud-init.

    • Added the following kernel boot parameters:

      • iommu=pt

      • intel_idle.max_cstate=1

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20231221.vhd

2023-12-21

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-529.el8.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Used cloud-init version 23.2.2. For more information, see Install cloud-init.

    • Added the kernel boot parameter: iommu=pt

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20231114.vhd

2023-11-14

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-383.el9.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Cleared the contents of /etc/machine-id by default.

      Note

      The content of this file is generated by the systemd component when an instance is first created to identify the first boot of the image. For more information, see /etc/machine-id.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20231114.vhd

2023-11-14

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-521.el8.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Cleared the contents of /etc/machine-id by default.

      Note

      The content of this file is generated by the systemd component when an instance is first created to identify the first boot of the image. For more information, see /etc/machine-id.

CentOS Stream 8 (UEFI)

centos_stream_8_uefi_x64_20G_alibase_20230907.vhd

2023-09-07

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-513.el8.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Used the GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition format for the system disk.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230907.vhd

2023-09-07

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-513.el8.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Used the GPT partition format for the system disk.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20230614.vhd

2023-06-14

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-325.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230613.vhd

2023-06-13

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-496.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 9 (UEFI)

centos_stream_9_uefi_x64_20G_alibase_20230605.vhd

2023-06-05

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 9 (UEFI) public image.

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-307.el9.x86_64

CentOS Stream 8 (UEFI)

centos_stream_8_uefi_x64_20G_alibase_20230605.vhd

2023-06-05

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 8 (UEFI) public image.

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-490.el8.x86_64

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20230516.vhd

2023-05-16

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-307.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230516.vhd

2023-05-16

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-490.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20230418.vhd

2023-04-18

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-299.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230418.vhd

2023-04-18

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-485.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20230321.vhd

2023-03-21

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-285.el9.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 19.1.21.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230321.vhd

2023-03-21

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-448.el8.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Upgraded cloud-init to version 19.1.21.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20230217.vhd

2023-02-17

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-267.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230217.vhd

2023-02-17

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-448.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20230113.vhd

2023-01-13

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-229.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20230113.vhd

2023-01-13

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

2022

Version

Image ID

Release date

Description

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20221130.vhd

2022-11-30

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20221117.vhd

2022-11-17

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-191.el9.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Fixed the CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786 vulnerabilities.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20221101.vhd

2022-11-01

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20220824.vhd

2022-08-24

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-148.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest patch packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20220824.vhd

2022-08-24

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest patch packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20220727.vhd

2022-07-27

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-134.el9.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest patch packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20220629.vhd

2022-06-29

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-394.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest patch packages.

CentOS Stream 9

centos_stream_9_x64_20G_alibase_20220628.vhd

2022-06-28

  • First release of the 64-bit CentOS Stream 9 public image.

  • Kernel version: 5.14.0-119.el9.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Set the Real Time Clock (RTC) to use the UTC standard. For more information, see Linux time and time zones.

    • Added support for non-root user logon.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20220524.vhd

2022-05-24

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-383.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest patch packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20220426.vhd

2022-04-26

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-383.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest patch packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20220322.vhd

2022-03-22

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-365.el8.x86_64

  • Updates: Updated to the latest software packages.

CentOS Stream 8

centos_stream_8_x64_20G_alibase_20220208.vhd

2022-02-08

  • Kernel version: 4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5.x86_64

  • Updates:

    • Updated to the latest software packages.

    • Fixed the CVE-2021-4034 vulnerability.