Keep your apps running safely on the runtimes they were built for, without rushed upgrades or broken code – even after official support ends.
Endless Lifecycle Support
for Alpine Linux
Currently supported versions:
3.18
Keep Alpine Linux across containers, VMs, servers, and edge devices secure and stable
beyond its official support window with ongoing, enterprise-grade security updates.
TuxCare has successfully resolved more than 14,000 CVEs in open-source products to date (and counting), ensuring robust security and compliance for enterprise systems.
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Get your Alpine Linux security plan in place
Alpine Linux is designed for security-focused, resource-constrained environments, making it a popular choice for containers, microservices, and embedded systems.
Stable branches are supported for about 2 years, which forces regular upgrades to avoid support gaps – often disruptive in long-lived environments. When upgrades slip, systems fall out of support and face unpatched vulnerabilities, compliance risk, and instability.
TuxCare’s Endless Lifecycle Support for Alpine Linux has your back.
Not ready to upgrade?
With TuxCare’s ELS for Alpine Linux, you get precision-engineered patches for
high and critical vulnerabilities delivered on your schedule. No forced upgrades,
no scramble – just continued security.
With Endless Lifecycle Support, you can:
Ensure security and compliance beyond the EOL date with ongoing long-term updates for Critical and High-risk vulnerabilities
Achieve maximum security for your Alpine Linux deployments with support for a comprehensive list of essential server packages
Track security updates, selected bug fixes, and affected packages across all architectures with qualified errata advisories
Verify your Alpine Linux environments' update status using our OVAL patch definitions with OpenSCAP or other OVAL-compatible tools
Precision-Engineered Patch
Development
Our patches are designed with surgical precision and are rigorously tested to provide businesses with the assurance that their legacy systems remain secure, stable, and compliant in the face of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
Support for a Comprehensive List of Packages
When you sign up for TuxCare’s Extended Lifecycle Support, you’ll get patches for an extensive package list, providing maximum security for your operating system
Switching to TuxCare for Alpine Linux
Support is Simple
Step 1
Connect to the TuxCare repository with a simple
script – and no reboot
Step 2
You’re fully protected with regular ongoing security
patches for up to four years past the end-of-life date!
Why TuxCare?
The TuxCare team combines 450+ years of in-depth
technical knowledge of Linux and kernel development
We have a proven track record of security patching with over 5000 CVEs patched to date – and growing
You can request support for additional server packages that are not currently on our list
ELS gives you an affordable option to maintain the security and stability of your EOL systems
TuxCare can support environments that run multiple types of end-of-life Linux distributions
Still Relying on End-of-Life Runtimes,
Libraries or Applications?
TuxCare’s ELS extends critical security patching and compliance to your language
runtimes, libraries and production apps, keeping your entire open-source stack secure,
stable, and compatible for as long as you need.
Endless Lifecycle Support
for Runtimes
Endless Lifecycle Support
for Libraries
Keep securely running your apps on EOL libraries – without rushed upgrades, costly code rewrites, or disruption to your roadmap.
Endless Lifecycle Support
for Applications
Ensure your EOL apps stay secure and operational while avoiding outages, broken workflows, and code rewrites.
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Tell us your challenges, and our experts will help you find the best approach to address them with the TuxCare product line.
