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2250
2251<h1 id="download">Download<a class="headerlink" href="#download" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
2252<h2 id="latest-stable-release">Latest stable release<a class="headerlink" href="#latest-stable-release" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
2253<div class="admonition success">
2254<p class="admonition-title">Keepalived 2.4.3</p>
2255<p>Released July 20, 2026.
2256<a class="md-button md-button--primary" href="/software/keepalived-2.4.3.tar.gz"><span class="twemoji"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M5 20h14v-2H5m14-9h-4V3H9v6H5l7 7z"/></svg></span> keepalived-2.4.3.tar.gz</a>
2257<a class="md-button" href="../release-notes/Release-2.4.3/"><span class="twemoji"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M5 3c-1.11 0-2 .89-2 2v14c0 1.11.89 2 2 2h14c1.11 0 2-.89 2-2V5c0-1.11-.89-2-2-2zm0 2h14v14H5zm2 2v2h10V7zm0 4v2h10v-2zm0 4v2h7v-2z"/></svg></span> Release Notes</a></p>
2258<p><code>MD5  5a5c30d3275c380c8cf1a2df67ebbc3c</code></p>
2259</div>
2260<h2 id="install-from-your-distribution">Install from your distribution<a class="headerlink" href="#install-from-your-distribution" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
2261<p>The main website does not provide binary packages. Most Linux distributions
2262ship Keepalived as a mainline package, and the package maintainers do a great
2263job keeping it current and reporting issues. Installing from your distribution
2264is the quickest path:</p>
2265<div class="tabbed-set tabbed-alternate" data-tabs="1:4"><input checked="checked" id="__tabbed_1_1" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_1_2" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_1_3" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><input id="__tabbed_1_4" name="__tabbed_1" type="radio" /><div class="tabbed-labels"><label for="__tabbed_1_1">Debian / Ubuntu</label><label for="__tabbed_1_2">RHEL / Fedora / Rocky</label><label for="__tabbed_1_3">Arch Linux</label><label for="__tabbed_1_4">Alpine</label></div>
2266<div class="tabbed-content">
2267<div class="tabbed-block">
2268<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-0-1" name="__codelineno-0-1" href="#__codelineno-0-1"></a>sudo<span class="w"> </span>apt<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>keepalived
2269</code></pre></div>
2270</div>
2271<div class="tabbed-block">
2272<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-1-1" name="__codelineno-1-1" href="#__codelineno-1-1"></a>sudo<span class="w"> </span>dnf<span class="w"> </span>install<span class="w"> </span>keepalived
2273</code></pre></div>
2274</div>
2275<div class="tabbed-block">
2276<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-2-1" name="__codelineno-2-1" href="#__codelineno-2-1"></a>sudo<span class="w"> </span>pacman<span class="w"> </span>-S<span class="w"> </span>keepalived
2277</code></pre></div>
2278</div>
2279<div class="tabbed-block">
2280<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-3-1" name="__codelineno-3-1" href="#__codelineno-3-1"></a>sudo<span class="w"> </span>apk<span class="w"> </span>add<span class="w"> </span>keepalived
2281</code></pre></div>
2282</div>
2283</div>
2284</div>
2285<h2 id="build-from-source">Build from source<a class="headerlink" href="#build-from-source" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
2286<p>Clone the official repository and build the current tree, which is considered
2287stable and future proof:</p>
2288<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-4-1" name="__codelineno-4-1" href="#__codelineno-4-1"></a>git<span class="w"> </span>clone<span class="w"> </span>https://github.com/acassen/keepalived.git
2289<a id="__codelineno-4-2" name="__codelineno-4-2" href="#__codelineno-4-2"></a><span class="nb">cd</span><span class="w"> </span>keepalived
2290<a id="__codelineno-4-3" name="__codelineno-4-3" href="#__codelineno-4-3"></a>./configure
2291<a id="__codelineno-4-4" name="__codelineno-4-4" href="#__codelineno-4-4"></a>make<span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="w"> </span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>make<span class="w"> </span>install
2292</code></pre></div>
2293<p>You can also download the source tarball of any release below and verify it
2294against the published MD5 checksum before building.</p>
2295<h2 id="stable-releases">Stable releases<a class="headerlink" href="#stable-releases" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
2296<table>
2297<thead>
2298<tr>
2299<th>Version</th>
2300<th>Date</th>
2301<th>MD5</th>
2302<th>Notes</th>
2303</tr>
2304</thead>
2305<tbody>
2306<tr>
2307<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.4.3.tar.gz">2.4.3</a></td>
2308<td>2026-07-20</td>
2309<td><code>5a5c30d3275c380c8cf1a2df67ebbc3c</code></td>
2310<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.4.3/">Release Notes</a></td>
2311</tr>
2312<tr>
2313<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.4.2.tar.gz">2.4.2</a></td>
2314<td>2026-07-07</td>
2315<td><code>321594e186c7d4d0e81f95f27be73d31</code></td>
2316<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.4.2/">Release Notes</a></td>
2317</tr>
2318<tr>
2319<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.4.1.tar.gz">2.4.1</a></td>
2320<td>2026-06-26</td>
2321<td><code>a0142a5c819e8ec909c8fc58d0733ed4</code></td>
2322<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.4.1/">Release Notes</a></td>
2323</tr>
2324<tr>
2325<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.4.0.tar.gz">2.4.0</a></td>
2326<td>2026-06-22</td>
2327<td><code>efff185055cdc68864cf408336974f76</code></td>
2328<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.4.0/">Release Notes</a></td>
2329</tr>
2330<tr>
2331<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.3.4.tar.gz">2.3.4</a></td>
2332<td>2025-06-10</td>
2333<td><code>622b09f4502ada4c6d20ef1c29205f77</code></td>
2334<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.3.4/">Release Notes</a></td>
2335</tr>
2336<tr>
2337<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.3.3.tar.gz">2.3.3</a></td>
2338<td>2025-03-30</td>
2339<td><code>c7b5023bff83655247590b254ff630c8</code></td>
2340<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.3.3/">Release Notes</a></td>
2341</tr>
2342<tr>
2343<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.3.2.tar.gz">2.3.2</a></td>
2344<td>2024-11-03</td>
2345<td><code>a5e84e7a7b6d37dc5378c14fcfad1574</code></td>
2346<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.3.2/">Release Notes</a></td>
2347</tr>
2348<tr>
2349<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.3.1.tar.gz">2.3.1</a></td>
2350<td>2024-05-24</td>
2351<td><code>5434ebc3becb6f86ebc3adc04e3e7e6d</code></td>
2352<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.3.1/">Release Notes</a></td>
2353</tr>
2354<tr>
2355<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.3.0.tar.gz">2.3.0</a></td>
2356<td>2024-05-21</td>
2357<td><code>ffd7f6f158361e8a511016136dd2eaea</code></td>
2358<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.3.0/">Release Notes</a></td>
2359</tr>
2360<tr>
2361<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.8.tar.gz">2.2.8</a></td>
2362<td>2023-05-31</td>
2363<td><code>8c26f75a8767e5341d82696e1e717115</code></td>
2364<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.8/">Release Notes</a></td>
2365</tr>
2366<tr>
2367<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.7.tar.gz">2.2.7</a></td>
2368<td>2022-01-16</td>
2369<td><code>5f310b66a043a1fb31acf65af15e95bc</code></td>
2370<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.7/">Release Notes</a></td>
2371</tr>
2372<tr>
2373<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.4.tar.gz">2.2.4</a></td>
2374<td>2021-08-21</td>
2375<td><code>7097ba70a7c6c46c9e478d16af390a19</code></td>
2376<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.4/">Release Notes</a></td>
2377</tr>
2378<tr>
2379<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.3.tar.gz">2.2.3</a></td>
2380<td>2021-08-14</td>
2381<td><code>9a9dc19e130c6b67d6de3ff2fdae063e</code></td>
2382<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.3/">Release Notes</a></td>
2383</tr>
2384<tr>
2385<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.2.tar.gz">2.2.2</a></td>
2386<td>2021-03-05</td>
2387<td><code>2e86bade4a7a48cfac7d35a6c9643d46</code></td>
2388<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.2/">Release Notes</a></td>
2389</tr>
2390<tr>
2391<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.1.tar.gz">2.2.1</a></td>
2392<td>2021-01-17</td>
2393<td><code>8379ea814279cfd20ee8d08f6e384acf</code></td>
2394<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.1/">Release Notes</a></td>
2395</tr>
2396<tr>
2397<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.2.0.tar.gz">2.2.0</a></td>
2398<td>2021-01-09</td>
2399<td><code>323b32c20d3bd891aabaab27d9f42ea0</code></td>
2400<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.2.0/">Release Notes</a></td>
2401</tr>
2402<tr>
2403<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.1.5.tar.gz">2.1.5</a></td>
2404<td>2020-07-13</td>
2405<td><code>27e1cfff5b8dd95062ad415957e663e5</code></td>
2406<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.1.5/">Release Notes</a></td>
2407</tr>
2408<tr>
2409<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.1.4.tar.gz">2.1.4</a></td>
2410<td>2020-07-10</td>
2411<td><code>a4c021db8110517382a825cacbf837f6</code></td>
2412<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.1.4/">Release Notes</a></td>
2413</tr>
2414<tr>
2415<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.1.3.tar.gz">2.1.3</a></td>
2416<td>2020-06-23</td>
2417<td><code>3255a15b0c317749beb3625167b33efc</code></td>
2418<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.1.3/">Release Notes</a></td>
2419</tr>
2420<tr>
2421<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.1.2.tar.gz">2.1.2</a></td>
2422<td>2020-06-14</td>
2423<td><code>8548a3859471ef1a28136d801c52dd3e</code></td>
2424<td><a href="../release-notes/Release-2.1.2/">Release Notes</a></td>
2425</tr>
2426<tr>
2427<td><a href="/software/keepalived-2.1.0.tar.gz">2.1.0</a></td>
2428<td>2020-06-13</td>
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