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**An open-source Linux distribution built and optimized for [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/), with sources derived from [Fedora Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/).** Azure Linux provides a secured, reliable operating system for virtual machines, containers, and bare-metal platforms.

Azure Linux is built on a robust open-source foundation and enhanced with Azure-specific innovations. This provides the familiarity of the RPM package ecosystem, while adding Azure-native security, compliance, and operational capabilities.

Key features of Azure Linux include: hardened security posture, an Azure-optimized kernel, supply chain security, native Azure integration, and a predictable lifecycle.

> *The [`4.0` branch](https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/tree/4.0) holds the sources for Azure Linux 4.*

> *This branch holds the sources for Azure Linux 3; for more details, please consult [`README-3.0.md`](README-3.0.md).*
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| **Product documentation** | <https://aka.ms/azurelinux> |
| **Release information** | [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/releases) |
| **File a bug / feedback** | [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/issues) |
| **Ask a question / get help** | [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/discussions) · [SUPPORT.md](SUPPORT.md) |
| **Ask a question / get help** | [SUPPORT.md](SUPPORT.md) |
| **Contribution guidelines** | [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) |
| **Report a security issue** | [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) |

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- **Bugs and feature requests:** file a
[GitHub issue](https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/issues). Please search existing issues first to avoid duplicates. Share as much as you can with us regarding what you tried and what you're seeing.
- **Questions and discussion:** use [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/discussions), or see [SUPPORT.md](SUPPORT.md) for the full set of channels.
- **Questions and discussion:** see [SUPPORT.md](SUPPORT.md) for the full set of channels.
- **Security vulnerabilities:** do **not** open a public issue. Follow the process in [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) to report privately to the Microsoft Security Response Center.
- **Pull requests:** see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for the patch-series workflow, commit-message conventions, and review expectations.

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