Accelerating your modernization: SAP S/4HANA Now Supported on RHEL 10

The wait is over for enterprises looking to pair the most advanced open source platform with their mission-critical SAP environments. We are thrilled to announce that SAP has officially granted production support for SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, and the SAP HANA database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 for SAP on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 for SAP Solutions. 

As organizations face the dual pressure of migrating to SAP S/4HANA and modernizing their underlying infrastructure, this certification provides the rock-solid, future-proof foundation needed to drive business transformation with confidence.

Why RHEL 10 for your SAP workloads?

RHEL 10 isn't just an incremental update; it’s a platform designed for the era of AI and complex hybrid cloud deployments. For our SAP customers, this release brings significant advancements in automation, security, and high availability.

1. Advanced High Availability: ANGI and Simple Mount

Downtime is not an option for business-critical applications. RHEL 10 for SAP Solutions  enhances our world-class High Availability (HA) solutions with:

• Next-Generation API Interface (ANGI): A more robust and flexible interface for managing complex HA clusters, ensuring faster failover and improved system resilience.
• Simple mount enhancements: We’ve streamlined the management of mount points within HA clusters, reducing configuration complexity and the risk of human error during critical failover events.

2. Proactive security with SELinux

In an era of increasing cyber threats, RHEL 10 for SAP Solutions continues to lead with Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). By providing deep, policy-based isolation for processes SELinux ensures that even if one component is compromised, the rest of your landscape—and your data remains protected.

3. Optimized performance and automation

RHEL 10 for SAP Solutions continues to deliver SAP-specific performance tuning through dedicated tuned profiles and RHEL System Roles for SAP. These roles automate the Day-1 configuration of your systems, ensuring they are perfectly configured and tuned for SAP HANA and S/4HANA according to SAP's best practices, right from the first boot.

Built for the future, together

Our collaboration with SAP is built on a shared vision: to demystify complex technology and empower our customers to build the future. With the launch of SAP S/4HANA on RHEL 10 for SAP Solutions, we are delivering a solution that isn't just about "keeping the lights on"—it’s about providing a high-performance, secure, and intelligent platform that accelerates your journey to the intelligent enterprise.

Ready to start your modernization journey? See SAP Support Note 2235581 for further information and connect with our experts to plan your SAP hybrid cloud journey.