1 Topic by ired_mania (edited by ired_mania 2020-12-22 15:39:05)

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Topic: Centos8 eol

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Hi,
According to the below link eol of Centos 8 is Dec 2021 while in redhat website 5yearsFull + 5years Maintenance is  mentioned. which one is actually correct?

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2 Reply by hws (edited by hws 2020-12-20 17:37:01)

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Re: Centos8 eol

Regular CentOS 8 EOL date has been shifted recently from Dec 2025 to Dec 2021. So CentOS 8 is practically dead and should not be used for new installations any more.

You can use CentOS 8 Stream instead, but this is not a replacement.

This is a major change. CentOS is no longer a 1:1 replacement OS for RedHat.

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Re: Centos8 eol

hws is correct. Centos Stream will be more of a development channel, upstream from RHEL. I would therefore not recommend it for production use. Centos 7 is not affected and will continue to be supported until its published EOL. Anybody already on Centos 8 basically has until the end of 2021 to get off of it. There are options now and there are projects starting up to fill the void, so maybe all is not lost.


hws wrote:

Regular CentOS 8 EOL date has been shifted recently from Dec 2025 to Dec 2021. So CentOS 8 is practically dead and should not be used for new installations any more.

You can use CentOS 8 Stream instead, but this is not a replacement.

This is a major change. CentOS is no longer a 1:1 replacement OS for RedHat.

4 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: Centos8 eol

I updated website and mention "not recommend" CentOS Linux.
https://www.iredmail.org/download.html