This document provides an overview of the end of support (EOS) process for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems running on Google Cloud.
EOS versions
RHEL 7: EOS on June 30, 2024.
RHEL 6: EOL on November 30, 2020.
How will this EOS impact my existing virtual machine (VM) instances
Your current VMs that are running the EOS versions are not affected. After
the EOS date, you can still start or stop your existing VMs that are using these
images.
However, your projects might be at risk because you are running
a version of RHEL that is no longer receiving security updates.
What do I need to know
After this date, the following changes take effect:
EOS RHEL versions are still available but are marked as deprecated.
For your existing PAYG RHEL VMs that use an EOS version, limited technical
support is available through Google Cloud.
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