CIQ has launched Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM) for RLC Pro, extending the Rocky Linux ecosystem with integrated lifecycle management built on the open-source Ascender project for greater update control and compliance.
CIQ has introduced CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM), a new lifecycle management solution included with all RLC Pro subscriptions, expanding the Rocky Linux ecosystem with enterprise lifecycle management built around the open-source Ascender project.
ELM gives Enterprise Linux teams complete control over when security patches, bug fixes and third-party software updates are approved and deployed. Its approval-based deployment model ensures that no update reaches production until it has been explicitly reviewed, allowing organisations to test changes, roll updates forward or revert to known-good configurations when needed.
Designed for compliance-focused environments, ELM significantly reduces the time required to prepare approved update sets compared with traditional lifecycle management tools. Every approved system state is recorded, enabling immediate rollback instead of rebuilding systems following problematic updates.
The platform operates entirely on customer-owned infrastructure, including fully air-gapped environments with no internet connectivity, and can automatically provision new servers as infrastructure expands.
ELM also integrates with Ascender Pro, CIQ’s commercially supported distribution of the open-source Ascender project, bringing lifecycle management, configuration management, automation, vulnerability data and inventory into a unified management platform. CIQ includes ELM as a standard capability within RLC Pro rather than offering it as a separate fleet management product.
“Enterprise Linux teams should decide for themselves what reaches each host and when, not rearrange their infrastructure around a management tool’s idea of how to run it,” said Gregory Kurtzer, CEO and Founder, CIQ. “CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM) gives them that control, with the ability to approve exactly what ships and hold the line until they’re ready for the next change, on infrastructure they already run. We built ELM by learning from the lessons of other projects, to target the real pains and problems system administrators face every day.”
