# 2.1 Release timeline and Ubuntu support

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205>\
**Category:** Feature Requests and Roadmap Discussion\
**Tags:** ondemand2\
**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205 "2022-07-25T19:05:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajhn96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@ajhn96](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/ajhn96)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205/1 "2022-07-25T19:05:15Z")

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There was a discussion at PEARC22 about the possibility of releasing 2.1 with Ubuntu support sooner than originally anticipated by moving some of the features into a later release. Is that something that is still being considered and if so what might the timeline for that be.

I know from this topic: [Ubuntu Support](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ubuntu-support/308) that Ubuntu support is planned for the 2.1 release and it says 20.04 debs are the ones being built.

I would also like to know what versions of Ubuntu are being targeted and if there is a possibility of a backport release for 18.04. For my specific case I’m currently in the early stages of attempting an Ansible role install for an Ubuntu 18.04 based cluster and I was wondering if there would be support for this version and I could wait for the deb release.

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**Author:** ![tdockendorf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/tdockendorf/32/202_2.png) [@tdockendorf](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/tdockendorf)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205/2 "2022-07-25T19:19:12Z")

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Right now we are working towards releasing a version of OnDemand 2.0 that supports Ubuntu 20.04 packages. I will be testing to see if we can support the older Ruby 2.5 used in Ubuntu 18.04.

For OnDemand 2.1, it will support Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. Due to the version of Ruby in Ubuntu 18.04 it will not be supported with OnDemand 2.1. OnDemand 2.1 can only support Ruby 2.7 and 3.0.

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**Author:** ![tdockendorf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/tdockendorf/32/202_2.png) [@tdockendorf](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/tdockendorf)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205/3 "2022-07-28T21:24:37Z")

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Wanted to post an update we’ve managed to get Ubuntu 18.04 support to work with OnDemand 2.0 so the next update to OnDemand 2.0 should have Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 support.

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**Author:** ![gbyrket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/gbyrket/32/894_2.png) [@gbyrket](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/gbyrket)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205/4 "2022-08-01T20:12:44Z")

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Thank you @tdockendorf and @jeff.ohrstrom for your hard work in making this happen!

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**Author:** ![ajhn96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@ajhn96](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/ajhn96)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205/5 "2022-08-01T21:34:09Z")

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Absolutely, a huge thank you on this. I really appreciate it!

I’ll hold off on attempting an Ansible install in favor of this release.

Would something like [Ruby Next](https://github.com/ruby-next/ruby-next) let us support the Ruby version in 18.04 for Open OnDemand 2.1 without any code changes? I really don’t know how much work this would be. If it is more than a quick drop in thing with a couple tweaks I don’t see it being worth it for 2.1. Might be something to look at I suppose.

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/2-1-release-timeline-and-ubuntu-support/2205/6 "2022-08-12T17:30:53Z")

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2.0 support for Ubuntu 18.04 has been released. I haven’t looked hard into ruby next or rvm, but we did put a lot of work into trying to get 2.1 on 18.04 but it didn’t really pan out. We’re still a long way away from 2.1, so that could change but I’m not that hopeful.

> [@Open OnDemand 2.0 Ubuntu support](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-2-0-ubuntu-support/2231):
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> Open OnDemand 2.0.28 is now available with the notable feature of supporting Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04 platforms. Added Support for Ubuntu 18.04 & 20.04 platforms. fujitsu\_tcs support. Dex can now be ran behind the apache proxy by setting dex\_uri. This means sites can use apache to proxy to dex instead of opening up 5556 or 5554 ports and accessing dex directly. Fixed passenger\_options can now correctly be used fixing a bug. PUNs environments are now sanitized, removing OIDC and/or other en…