Why
CentOS 6 is ending upstream support in November 2020, and as a
safeguard, cPanel is no longer supporting this end-of-life operating
system.
It is cPanel’s commitment to prevent and mitigate any
security vulnerabilities as they arise. As a result, cPanel will require
CentOS 6 users to migrate to CentOS 7 before upgrading to Version 88.
This can be achieved by migrating to CentOS 7 or purchasing CloudLinux
6.
Impact
Security updates will no longer be supplied by CentOS
upstream after November 2020. Continuing to utilize CentOS 6 will result
in potential security vulnerabilities.
Benefits
Using supported versions of software is critical for
your server security. Migrating to a newer version of CentOS will allow
you to access the fully-supported versions of cPanel & WHM, reduce
security vulnerabilities, and allow you to receive regular feature and
security updates.
What Can You Do?
CentOS strongly suggests migrating from an existing CentOS 6 installation to a new CentOS 7 installation.
cPanel is providing an integrated solution to purchase and install
CloudLinux 6 and working with Cloud Linux to continue support.
We strongly suggest taking either of these actions in order to prevent remaining on an unsupported operating system.