Dear Valued Clients
At some point, every Linux release becomes EOL, that is, it reaches its end of life. Although CentOS releases have exceptionally long life cycles, version 6 reaches its own by the end of November 2020.
In comparison, CentOS 7 will be supported until June 2024 and CentOS 8 until May 2029.
Becoming EOL means it will no longer be supported by the Linux community with security patches, vulnerabilities, or bug fixes. Therefore, continuing to use CentOS 6 after November could pose a significant security risk.
That is why it is advisable never to use EOL operating systems. If you are using CentOS 6 on any of your machines, you have a couple of options available going forward.