CentOS 6 end of support

Warning: CentOS 6 operating system version will reach end of support (EOS) onNovember 30th, 2020. After this EOS date, updates and patches from the CentOScommunity are not available.

How will this impact my existing virtual machine instances (VMs)

Your current VMs that are running CentOS 6 operating systems are notaffected. After the EOS date, you will still be able to start or stop yourexisting VMs that are using these images.

However, your projects might be at risk because you will be running CentOS 6VMs that are not receiving security updates.

What do I need to know

After this date, the following changes take effect:

  • CentOS 6 images will still be available but will be marked as deprecated.
  • For your existing CentOS 6 based VMs, limited technical support isavailable through Google Cloud.

What do I need to do

  1. Review theoperating system lifecycle and support policy.
  2. If you will need to create VMs that use these CentOS 6 images after the EOS date,make copies of the imagesin your projects.
  3. Plan and migrate your CentOS 6 workloads and applications to CentOS 8 beforethe EOS date.

If you have specific questions about CentOS 6 EOS, contactGoogle Cloud Support.

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