# Server for MongoDB Generic Tar removed?

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158>\
**Category:** Percona Server for MongoDB\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158 "2025-03-12T16:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moraff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Moraff](https://forums.percona.com/u/Moraff)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158/1 "2025-03-12T16:45:07Z")

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Looking at installing server for MongoDB on an OS that is not listed for RPMs via the “generic Linux tarball” however these no longer seem to exist, the tarballs for the latest releases are all specific to distros, anyone know if this is a policy change going forward?

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**Author:** ![Evgeniy\_Patlan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/evgeniy_patlan/32/41_2.png) [@Evgeniy\_Patlan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Evgeniy_Patlan)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158/2 "2025-03-12T17:32:11Z")

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Hey @Moraff  
This was done in order to increase security. In our previous solution openssl lib was included into tarball and it was the case once there were new CVEs in openssl libs.  
So we decided to rework this and increase security

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**Author:** ![Moraff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Moraff](https://forums.percona.com/u/Moraff)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158/3 "2025-03-12T21:53:50Z")

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Thanks for the response, so is it safe to assume that all future Tar balls will only be released for specific distros?

Do you know if the same is likely to come for PostgreSQL too?

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**Author:** ![radoslaw.szulgo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/radoslaw.szulgo/32/17315_2.png) [@radoslaw.szulgo](https://forums.percona.com/u/radoslaw.szulgo)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158/4 "2025-09-10T19:06:21Z")

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Yes, that’s correct. I’m not sure about PostgreSQL - you can ask a separate question on the PG forum.

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**Author:** ![Evgeniy\_Patlan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/evgeniy_patlan/32/41_2.png) [@Evgeniy\_Patlan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Evgeniy_Patlan)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/server-for-mongodb-generic-tar-removed/37158/5 "2025-10-20T07:49:49Z")

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yes it is the same for postgresql