CloudLinux is a commercial operating system based on the freely distributed sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It uses a modified Linux kernel based on the OpenVZ kernel and it’s compatible with the CentOS and RHEL packages.
The company is now informing its enterprise customers running CloudLinux 5 on their infrastructures that they will no longer offer production support for the Linux kernel, nor other included packages starting March 31, 2017.
“The support for CloudLinux 5 kernel Production Phase is ending on March 31st, 2017,” said Mykola Naugolnyi. “There will be NO UPDATES after March 31st, 2017. This end-of-life for CloudLinux 5 coincides with RHEL 5 end of support.”
CloudLinux 5 users urged to move to a supported release
CloudLinux encourages all CloudLinux 5 users to move to a supported release, such as CloudLinux 6 or CloudLinux 7 as soon as possible. After March 31, the company will no longer provide kernel security patches and software updates for CloudLinux 5.
Of course, if you still want to use CloudLinux 5 on your machines until the end of March, you’ll still receive security-related fixes for the kernel packages shipped with the operating system.
CloudLinux says that end-of-life for CloudLinux 5 coincides with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 end of support, but it looks like Red Hat is providing extended Production Phase 3 support for the OS up until November 30, 2020.
If you decide that it’s time to upgrade your CloudLinux 5 installations to a newer, supported release, you should know that there’s no in-place upgrade procedure. Just set up a new server with CloudLinux 6 or 7 and move your customers there.
To make the transition from CloudLinux 5 to CloudLinux 7 easier for all users, CloudLinux offers older versions of the PHP packages. You can always contact CloudLinux’s helpdesk if you any questions regarding this transition.
[Source:-Softpedia]
