Key Capabilities / Features

TuxCare also provides its customers with Extended LifeCycle Support that receives automated patches for end-of-life PHO, Python, or a Linux distribution that is no longer supported like CentOS7, Oracle Linux 6 and more. Through this operating system, TuxCare extends the use of unsupported operating systems for up to 4 years past its end-of-life date.

TuxCare recognizes that vulnerability management through live patching is critical to maintaining the security of Linux systems. With 24x7x365 care, TuxCare is more than just a live patching and Linux support provider. They make sure that their users’ Linux-based systems are secure, stable, and reliable – while giving them the personalized assistance they need. TuxCare works tirelessly to take care of Linux so that their customers can comfortably and affordably use the open-source software they love with the enterprise-grade support they need.

How we are different

-- Accelerates the vulnerability patching timeline - In large organizations, the separation of duties and different system ownership make security patching a challenging task. According to Ponemon Institute, 56% of enterprise organizations take from five weeks to more than one year to apply security patches. At the same time, high risk vulnerabilities appear at unexpected times. Instead of spending time identifying the responsible teams and deliberating on patching and restarting the vulnerable servers during the next maintenance window, KernelCare live patching enables you to patch systems immediately – shrinking the vulnerability patching window to the absolute minimum. Any vulnerable servers are patched as soon as the fix is available.

-- Eliminates maintenance windows or sets the right one for your organization - Several organizations have settled for monthly or quarterly maintenance windows where services are restarted, and servers are rebooted. This way, systems receive vulnerability fixes, but at the cost of service downtime and the expense related to wasted human capital on mundane tasks. With KernelCare, you can eliminate maintenance windows entirely or set them to what makes the most sense for your business, whether they are months apart or even following years of enjoying uptime. You’re now able to nearly eradicate downtime from your infrastructure and use your engineers where they’re needed most, all while automatically live patching vulnerabilities.

-- Patches all Linux systems in an infrastructure - KernelCare live patching is available for a variety of Linux systems. Whether you have infrastructure with CentOS, AlmaLinux, Rocky, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Amazon Linux, Oracle Linux, Debian, or Ubuntu systems, KernelCare Enterprise will patch your systems. It’s available for both x86-64 (Intel and AMD) and ARM64 architecture. On each supported system, all the released kernels receive security patches for a practically unlimited period.