For smaller organizations, or those with sufficient internal expertise, self-support may buy enough time for their next migration. For others, finding a 1:1 commercial support replacement will be the better option. With community long term support for CentOS 8 ending in December, 2021, finding a replacement long term support option is an immediate concern for many organizations.įor some, that may mean reverting to upstream commercial vendor support via RHEL. The “Maintenance Updates” phase, which was initially planned to run from 2025-2029, was eliminated entirely. The “Full Updates” phase, initially planned run from 2019-2025, was changed to December of 2021. In our recent radio broadcast, Javier Perez joins industry experts to discuss the impact of the CentOS 8 changes, and potential paths forward for enterprise organizations.Īfter the announcement from the CentOS community and Red Hat, the CentOS 8 lifecycle was dramatically reduced. This phase would last for around 4 years, after which the version would enter end of life.

Maintenance Updatesįollowing the “Full Updates” phase, the “Maintenance Updates” phase provided only security errata critical bug fixes for the version. After those 6 years were up, the version would then enter the “Maintenance Release” phase. These updates ranged from new hardware support to errata. The “Full Updates” phase of CentOS community LTS started immediately upon release, and outlined 2-3 updates per year for 6 years following the release. In this blog, we look at available support options for CentOS 8, and what the future looks like for those who want to stay on CentOS 8.Īs Javier Perez mentioned in his recent blog on the CentOS announcement, the CentOS lifecycle specification historically followed two phases of long term support, “Full Updates,” and “Maintenance Updates.”

In December 2020, Red Hat announced that the CentOS 8 EOL date was being moved up to December 2021, shortening the expected community support lifecycle by eight years.įor organizations using CentOS 8, that change sparked an immediate discussion about migration options, and/or alternative arrangements for CentOS 8 long-term support. CentOS 8 end of life (EOL) is here and much sooner than anticipated.

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