Question Move from CentOS to???....Debian??

[Dave W]

Server operating system version

AlmaLinux 8.6 x86_64

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.50.2

Fun times ahead, thanks to IBM.

So it looks like theres no point in moving to Alma or Rocky or any other RHEL derived OS...

Any chance of an in place migration script from CentOS 7, Alma 8 to Debian?? ...

I would include Ubuntu, but if rhel can pull this stunt then Im sure Canonical are watching.

D.

 

[Maarten]

For everyone who didn't know, this is what's going on right now:
"Impact of RHEL changes to AlmaLinux"

Impact of RHEL changes to AlmaLinux

– We posted a follow-up post on June 30, which you can read here: Our Value is our Values We posted another follow-up update on July 13, which you can read here: The Future of AlmaLinux is Bright – Yesterday, RedHat announced another massive shift that impacts all rebuilds and forks of Red Hat...

almalinux.org

And Red Hat's response:

Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes

More about Red Hat's decision to make CentOS Stream the primary repository for RHEL sources.

www.redhat.com

 

[danami]

Any chance of an in place migration script from CentOS 7, Alma 8 to Debian?? ...

The good thing is that the Plesk migration manager is pretty solid now. We've seen more and more users switch to Debian based distros over the last few years so I think that the writing is on the wall for any RHEL based distro unfortunately.

 

[Peter Debik]

Plesk is planning an update of Plesk Migrator. Some improvements will probably become available by the end of 2023. Not sure about ETA yet, we do see some urgency in it though that this could get priority. We've also seen the news from Red Hat and are still researching and waiting on more statements from Alma and Rocky on that to determine what the best path will be for a migration.

 

[danami]

A nice video explaining the situation:

 

[Dave W]

And now this: Announcing up to 4 years of Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

 

[danami]

@Dave W Centos 7 isn't included in that announcement though. It will still be EOL in 2024. Not worth staying on version 7 anyway now that you can upgrade from 7 to 8 using the Almalinux elevate script.

 

[Dave W]

I hear you, but you can go from CentOS 7 to RHEL 7 inplace and get 4 more years of support. This seems to be what RHEL thinks will attract users/clients.

The issue is that RH wishes to disable AlmaLinux and Rocky along with, I assume, any other versions of CentOS like VZlinux, Oracle Linux etc as they are considered to be freeloaders by RH.