A lightweight enterprise-ready Linux host for containerized and virtual workloads designed to simplify operation and development that offers a secure, reliable, and compliance-ready host anywhere from a standalone container host to a Kubernetes cluster and from mission-critical edge to the cloud.

Streamline the container infrastructure

A purpose-built container host, designed to be deployed at scale or as a standalone host, that enables workloads to run securely with minimal maintenance in a compliance-ready IT

A host for any containerized environment

Its near-zero management complexity and design for both standalone host and K8S cluster host on-premises, at the perimeter, and in the cloud make it the perfect virtual and container host for any containerized deployment without vendor-lockin

Facilitate security and compliance

A small footprint, enterprise-grade, and mission-critical host with seamless Live Patching integration and a fully supported security framework targeting the highest security certifications enables a secure and compliant containerized IT that eases compliance assurance, minimizing liability

Low maintenance

An immutable OS with transactional updates for an enterprise-ready platform with the simplest operation. Its near-zero management complexity and seamless maintenance routines, together with Live Patching support, streamline maintenance and enhance the security of the containerized infrastructure

SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 features

The next-gen Linux container and virtual host combines the assurance of enterprise-grade security and compliance with the immutability and portability of a lightweight OS

Immutable OS with transactional updates

Immutable design ensures the OS is not altered during runtime, ensuring a reliable execution every single time. Security-signed and verified transactional updates can be easily rolled back if needed.

Security and Compliance

Ensure data security with a Confidential Computing-ready OS supporting TPM2 full disk encryption and SELinux. Built on a secure software supply chain and targeting the highest security certifications, SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 de-risk compliance and minimizes liability to meet stringent enterprise requirements.

Architectural Flexibility

You have flexibility in choosing the right hardware platform for your applications. SUSE Linux Micro supports x86-64, Arm 64bit, and IBM Z & LinuxONE architectures, so you can deploy applications with confidence across multiple architectures.

Standalone and Kubernetes host

Perfect for easy-to-maintain standalone container deployment and easily combined with the latest cloud-native technologies, including Rancher Prime, RKE2, SUSE Storage persistent block storage, and K3S, for use anywhere.