How will this impact my existing virtual machine instances (VMs)
Your current VMs that are running CentOS 6 operating systems are not
affected. After the EOS date, you will still be able to start or stop your
existing VMs that are using these images.
However, your projects might be at risk because you will be running CentOS 6
VMs that are not receiving security updates.
What do I need to know
After this date, the following changes take effect:
CentOS 6 images will still be available but will be marked as deprecated.
For your existing CentOS 6 based VMs, limited technical support is
available through Google Cloud.
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