CentOS 7 End of Life doesn’t have to mean the End of Road. With SUSE, it means Choice Happens.
[1] redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-and-centos-join-forces
[2] redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-acquire-red-hat-completely-changing-cloud-landscape-and-becoming-worlds-1-hybrid-cloud-provider
[3] redhat.com/en/blog/centos-stream-building-innovative-future-enterprise-linux
[4] redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream
[5] redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol
SUSE has published numerous blogs and documentations to introduce the value of SUSE Liberty. You can find some of the examples.
CentOS Future: Stability and Security Without Migration
Announcing the New SUSE Liberty Linux Lite for CentOS 7 Offer
This blog will focus on the specific offering of SUSE Liberty Linux on AWS, for CentOS 7 customers.
Two flavors for CentOS 7 Customers
Among the 4 options of SUSE Liberty Linux, two are customized for CentOS customers.
Promotion and pricing on AWS Marketplace
Pricing info including the promotion is available on AWS Marketplace: SUSE Liberty Linux
Take advantage of the promotion till Oct 31, 2024 to save up to 70%, as low as $10 per node per year!
Benefits of SUSE Liberty Linux on AWS
Keep your number, just switch your subscription to SUSE and that is all!
Use your committed spend: This is important for customers who don’t have additional budget outside of their committed spend with AWS.
Long Life Support (LTSS): Continued service of proactive updates for CentOS 7
Fully compatible: Fully compatible, regular releases of security patches and maintenance updates
No disruption: Switch in-place for your existing CentOS systems, no migration is needed
Install new: Continue with today’s operating environment for scaling workloads. SUSE provides Liberty BYOS images on AWS to spin up new instances when needed
SUSE Liberty Linux Lifecycle Support
SUSE Liberty Linux for
General Ends
LTSS Ends
CentOS 7
30 June 2024
30 June 2028
RHEL 7
30 June 2024
30 June 2028
RHEL 8
31 May 2029
LTSS doesn’t yet have an end date
RHEL 9
31 May 2032
LTSS doesn’t yet have an end date
Procurement
Evaluate: Customer evaluates the business case
Determines the quantity of the CentOS instances
Determines the term of SUSE Liberty Linux, e.g. 1-year vs 3-year
Inquiry: Customer emails cloudsales@suse.com with the following information
AWS Account ID
Company Name
Contact Person
Email Address
Quantity & term
Private Offer: SUSE crafts the quote for customer approval
SUSE issues Private Offer
Customer signs the private offer
Apply AWS Credit: Request credits* from AWS to be applied to the customer’s EC2 instances. * Conditions apply, please check with AWS for eligibility
Implementation
SUSE Liberty Linux Lite can be implemented by using RMT (Repository Mirroring Tool). SUSE Liberty Linux Basic can be implemented using either RMT or SUSE Manager. The deployment and registration process is outlined in the SUSE documentation. Below is the high level overview of RMT based implementation:
Liberty Lite via RMT: https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/7/html/lite-quickstart/index.html
Liberty via RMT: https://documentation.suse.com/liberty/7/single-html/quickstart/index.html
Liberty via SUMA: https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.3/en/suse-manager/client-configuration/clients-sleses.html
Support
Customers identify issues and first rule out AWS infra issues that need support from AWS
Open Support Ticket with SUSE
SUSE provides support directly to Liberty LTSS, on BYOS CentOS, as well as free PAYG CentOS instances
For any questions related to the sales of SUSE Liberty Linux, please feel free to contact cloudsales@suse.com for more information.
Fill out the form for a private offer on AWS Marketplace
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