When stops support for 6.9?

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Pectoralis
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When stops support for 6.9?

Post by Pectoralis » 2018/03/09 13:07:45

Hello,

I have a webserver and at this moment this server is running good but when does the support for centos 6.9 stop and is it possible to upgrade to 7.0 without losing all data?

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Re: When stops support for 6.9?

Post by TrevorH » 2018/03/09 14:34:22

CentOS 6 entered Production Phase 3 on May 10th 2017 and now only receives critical updates. It will go EOL on 30 Nov, 2020 -- in 2 years, 38 weeks time.

There is no upgrade path to 7. Do a paralllel install and migrate your services over to the new install.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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