We are not changing anything in current politics yet - we support what we support before the official EOL comes.
Regarding CentOS8 alternatives - we will watch how the industry reacts to alternatives (Centos Stream / CL community, etc) and make decisions on the actual behaviour in the market (so far only intentions are declared by users and suppliers).
I cannot advise you to use AlmaLinux because I have no results of testing the correct operation of Plesk on this operating system. I would advise you to use CentOS7 now because of the longer support period. For example, we continue to use CentOS7 for our new images in cloud services like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, Microsoft Azure, etc.What would you suggest in the current situation? AlmaLinux claims "AlmaLinux will be a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL, which means that your applications and services will remain compatible."
If (and only if) what they claim seems true and AlmaLinux will be a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL, would that imply that Plesk would work on it without any problems? (or is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL not a guarantee for Plesk to work flawlessly)
I need to install a new server. For now I would like to stick to CentOS. Would you advise me to try CentOS 8 (assuming there will be an alternative before the end of the year which will work fine with Plesk) or would you advise me to use CentOS 7 (because you are not sure there will be a working alternative before the end of the year)?
Yes, indeed, the question of which forks RHEL8/CentOS Stream we will support is still open and is in the process of research and discussion.I guess I don't need to ask if Plesk will Support VzLinux / Virtuozzo Linux 8 OS
It isn't out yet, the Virtuozzo blog says Q1 2021.if Plesk will Support VzLinux / Virtuozzo Linux 8 OS
But it also says:So we have a decision from Plesk ?
Change Log for Plesk Obsidian
Plesk can now be installed on AlmaLinux OS.
It is now possible to migrate servers on AlmaLinux OS.
I noticed the AlmaLinux OS deployment script Git site says in-place seamless migration for CentOS 7 is ready to go, and that upgrade-paths from other distros should be coming later.But it also says:
Note: At the moment, Plesk does not support in-place conversion from CentOS 8.
Not looking forward to having to migrate servers. Surely only half the story has been told...
Ready-to-use conversion utility for simple and on-the-fly conversion from CentOS 8 to VzLinux 8 plus the possibility to convert CentOS 7 directly to VzLinux 8.
That is exactly what everyone does not want! Stream has new features that have not yet been tested thoroughly. It could break your system. That is why everyone is looking for an alternative to CentOS 8. No-one wants the Stream-version because it is a test garden.If Plesk can test and support the new Centos Stream before the end of 2021... that will be great... so we can all switch our Centos 8 servers to Stream and can see the new features... and stay up to date...