Is CentOS going end of life?
CentOS Linux 8 will reach End of Life on December 31, 2021. Here’s what that means. CentOS Linux 8 will reach End Of Life (EOL) on December 31st, 2021. We will be providing this content as part of the final CentOS Linux 8 release.
How check CentOS release?
The simplest way to check for the CentOS version number is to execute the cat /etc/centos-release command.
How long will CentOS be supported?
On December 31, 2021, Red Hat’s CentOS Linux 8 will reach End Of Life (EOL). Since that falls right in the heart of the holiday season, Red Hat will extend CentOS Linux 8 zero-day support until January 31, 2022.
How long is CentOS 7 supported?
10 years
The Current CentOS 7 Support Lifecycle Red Hat continues to publish the date of June 30, 2024 as the end of Maintenance Support for RHEL 7, the upstream for CentOS 7. RHEL 7 was released on June 10, 2014, so the June 2024 EOL date for CentOS 7 is the full 10 years that we expected.
How do I know if my firewall is enabled CentOS 7?
1. Check Firewall setup
- Verify Firewall running state and settings:
- Firewall status: (should reply running) $ sudo firewall-cmd –state output. running.
- Firewall default and active zone: $ firewall-cmd –get-default-zone output. public $ firewall-cmd –get-active-zones output. public. interfaces: eth0.
Is CentOS 8 better than CentOS 7?
Released back in 2014, RHEL 7/CentOS 7 has many features that has served well for the past 10 years so far….The differences.
| Feature | CentOS 7 | CentOS 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Kernel | Based on Fedora 19 and upstream kernel 3.10 | Based on Fedora 28 and upstream kernel 4.18 |
What is the CentOS version?
The CentOS version consists of three release versions as illustrated below: The CentOS version consists of Major, Minor and Asynchronous Release number. To check a version of other Linux distributions visit our how to check Linux version guide.
What is the end-of-support schedule for CentOS?
End-of-support schedule CentOS version Release date Full updates Maintenance updates Old version, no longer maintained: 6 2011-07-10 2017-05-10 2020-11-30 Older version, yet still maintained: 7 2014-07-07 2020-08-06 2024-06-30 Current stable version: 8 2019-09-24 2021-12-31 2021-12-31
When will CentOS 8 be released?
CentOS 8 was released on 24 September 2019. In December 2020, Red Hat unilaterally terminated CentOS development. In response, CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer created the Rocky Linux project as a successor to the original mission of CentOS. In March 2021, Cloud Linux (makers of CloudLinux OS) released a new RHEL derivative called AlmaLinux.
How to check CentOS/Fedora/RHEL version?
Let’s consider a number of ways you can check version of your CentOS / Fedora / RHEL operating system. Cat the contents of /etc/redhat-release to get release version. This gives you minimal information on Distribution type, major release, minor release and date code of the minor versions.