CentOS 8 is EOL, so now what?

Pulling the Strings

Episode | Podcast

Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000

<p>CentOS has become the de facto standard operating system for many organizations since it’s basically the same thing as RHEL, rebranded and without commercial support.</p><p>CentOS was originally a community project, but over time Red Hat has become more influential in its direction and has shifted it to a "Stream" model, effectively moving CentOS 8 from being a downstream release (built after RHEL) to an upstream release (built before RHEL). This isn't exactly suitable for production use and thus many users are looking for alternatives.</p><p>Paul joins us today to share insights and give some advice on how you can evaluate your options and migrate your infrastructure as painlessly as possible.</p><p><strong>Learn more:</strong></p><ul><li>Join our community at <a href="https://slack.puppet.com">https://slack.puppet.com</a>.</li><li>Read the <a href="https://puppet.com/blog/centos-8-is-end-of-life-eol-now-what/">blog post</a> this podcast references.</li><li>Try out <a href="https://github.com/psreed/centos8migrate">Paul's module</a>.</li></ul>