CentOS 7 Support and Migration Services

Complete the form at the top of the page and one of our team members will reach out to get information about your specific Linux environment. We can provide pricing for CentOS migration services, CentOS 7 extended support and other CentOS 7 end of life support needs.

CentOS 7 support end of life happened on June 30, 2024. We advise those running CentOS 7 to get CentOS 7 end of life support to keep your systems protected while you plan a migration. OpenLogic's CentOS LTS (also called CentOS long term support) gives you access to not just CentOS 7 patches, but tested and signed packages. 

OpenLogic has a wealth of experience in facilitating migrations from CentOS to enterprise-viable distros like Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and more. Talk to an expert today to see how we can help make your CentOS migration a success.

Yes! OpenLogic prides itself on being solution agnostic. That means we recommend the best Linux distribution for you, no matter what. Whether you are seeking a proprietary or open source operating system, we can help you decide which distro makes the most sense for your business.

CentOS 7 end of life extended support will be available for 5 years after community EOL, so until December 31, 2029.

Yes, we can assist you with your CentOS to AlmaLinux migration! Moving from CentOS to AlmaLinux can be tricky, but our experts have successfully helped many companies transition off CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux smoothly.

Whether you're interested in moving from CentOS to Rocky or still have not selected your next distro, our Professional Services team can help. Popular CentOS migration paths include:

• CentOS to Ubuntu
• CentOS to Rocky Linux
• CentOS to AlmaLinux
• CentOS to Debian
• CentOS to CentOS Stream
• CentOS to Oracle Linux

Contact us if you are exploring a Linux distribution not on this list!

Yes! A CentOS to Oracle Linux migration is a little more complicated than a CentOS to Rocky Linux or CentOS to AlmaLinux migration, but may make sense if your organization is already using other Oracle products. We can walk you through all the necessary steps and based on your resources/bandwidth, put together a roadmap so you can execute your CentOS to Oracle Linux migration on a schedule that works for your organization. 

And of course, you can remain on CentOS 7 through 2029 with CentOS LTS from OpenLogic in the meantime.

It is, but keep in mind that a CentOS to Ubuntu migration is really a rebuild. The process to migrate from CentOS to Ubuntu entails backing up all your data, rebuilding the server with Ubuntu, installing the same applications, and then copying and importing the data.

The same is true of Debian -- a CentOS to Debian migration is not impossible, but requires standing up a new system and then migrating your data since CentOS and Debian are not binary compatible and have different upstreams. 

While tools like ELevate and Leapp are designed to facilitate in-place upgrades, they only are useful in certain scenarios and a lot can still go wrong.

For example, you could use Leapp or ELevate to move from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8, or CentOS 7 to Rocky Linux 8, but depending on the amount of customization that you have on your systems, these tools may or may not fully work.

There's also a good chance that your system will be left in kind of a hybrid state where there are EL 7 packages installed as well as EL 8 packages, which will make replicating issues very difficult.

So while migrating from CentOS 7 to Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux is less complicated than, say, a CentOS to Debian migration, we still have seen many folks run into unexpected problems along the way.

OpenLogic CentOS 7 long term support is unique in a few key ways:

1. Our security patches are easy to consume and don't require you to download or install any additional software. All you need is access to our YUM repository.
2. Every CentOS 7 eol support ticket is answered directly by an Enterprise Architect with a minimum of 15 years of Linux experience.
3. Migration guidance is part of our CentOS 7 end of life support offering -- we are happy to provide recommendations to your team if you have not decided where to migrate.
4. Our CentOS 7 support is backed by iron-clad SLAs so you will always know the time to resolution.