CentOS Is Dead. Now What?
Techstrong ITSM, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
CentOS is dead. Long live CentOS. The time has come. Red Hat has officially ended support for CentOS, the open-source downstream version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
June 30th came and passed, and on the morning of July 1st, all public repositories were updated, and all packages and installation media were removed. There will be no more updates, no more bug fixes or patches for vulnerabilities, which means many organizations still using CentOS will fall out of compliance at the OS level. Without these critical updates, the once-reliable CentOS will unfortunately become more and more vulnerable over time. This also means your CentOS systems will become prime targets for cybercriminals.