# Running applications on AL2027
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**AL2027 Preview**  
AL2027 is currently available for preview. It is intended for evaluation and testing only and is not recommended for production workloads.

This section covers methods for running applications on Amazon Linux 2027 (AL2027), including managing when they start (and restart), and controlling resource usage.

**Topics**
+ [Resource control with systemd](resource-limiting-systemd.md)
+ [Using cgroups utilities](resource-limiting-raw-cgroups.md)