# Replication with different operating system versions/ same percona version

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**Category:** Percona Distribution for MySQL\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/replication-with-different-operating-system-versions-same-percona-version/30024 "2024-05-03T13:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ipcmlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ipcmlr](https://forums.percona.com/u/ipcmlr)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/replication-with-different-operating-system-versions-same-percona-version/30024/1 "2024-05-03T13:34:02Z")

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We are moving from centos7 to oracle linux 8(according to oracle it is 100% binary compatible with centos and rhel) but doing a the replication side first then the production side a month later.

Is there any issue if the operating systems are different?

I was able to simply install the percona version for oracle linux 8 in development and start up the the dev database without doing anything, so I’m guessing replication should work ok.

thanks.

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/replication-with-different-operating-system-versions-same-percona-version/30024/2 "2024-05-04T19:36:00Z")

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> [@ipcmlr](#):
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> Is there any issue if the operating systems are different?

MySQL replication is a mysql protocol and has nothing to do with the OS. You can replicate from CentOS-\>MacOS-\>Windows-\>OEL and be just fine.