{"id":58706,"date":"2020-08-19T14:19:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T18:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=58706"},"modified":"2021-08-25T09:51:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T13:51:35","slug":"centos-6-end-of-life-eol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/vps-hosting\/centos-6-end-of-life-eol\/","title":{"rendered":"CentOS 6 – End of Life (EOL)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"CentOS<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Announcement:<\/td>CentOS 6 will reach End of Life (EOL) on November 30, 2020<\/td><\/tr>
Who is impacted?<\/td>cPanel-Managed VPS and dedicated server users running CentOS 6<\/td><\/tr>
Why is this happening?<\/td>The CentOS project will discontinue maintenance updates to make way for CentOS 7 and CentOS 8 support. Full updates for CentOS 6 halted on May 10, 2017.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What Should I do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Customers with Dedicated server and VPS hosting with cPanel<\/strong><\/a> should check your CentOS operating system (OS) version via WebHost Manager (WHM) or SSH.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shared Hosting customers are not affected by this as CentOS and cPanel updates are maintained internally.
Cloud Server Hosting customers are not affected by this as only CentOS 7 is offered alongside Debian and Ubuntu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check CentOS Version in WHM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Log into WHM<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Check your CentOS version at the top of WHM.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"CentOS<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Check CentOS Version in SSH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    1. Login to SSH<\/a>.<\/li>
    2. You can use any of the following commands to check your CentOS version in the terminal:
      cat \/etc\/centos-release<\/pre>
      cat \/etc\/release <\/pre>
      hostnamectl<\/pre><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      CentOS 6 users should contact our Live Support staff to request an upgrade to CentOS 7. We will assist you with the upgrade to CentOS 7 and ensuring everything works properly post-migration.  Beforehand, we still recommend you create a cPanel server backup and snapshot in your Account Management Panel (AMP) in case anything goes wrong \u2013 and because you should always have an up-to-date data backup stored locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      More Details on CentOS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      CentOS is the OS underneath the proprietary cPanel and WHM server management software.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      To learn more about CentOS version life cycles, visit CentOS.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      For more information regarding compatibility for cPanel on CentOS 8, see Features.cPanel.net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Are you looking for other ways to secure your managed VPS or dedicated server environment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n