Red Hat announces 4-year support extension for RHEL 7

According to news on July 1, Red Hat announced that in order to meet the requirements of some IT companies that require longer deployment and upgrades, they will provide Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) comes with an additional 4 years of Extended Life Support (ELS).

This postponement is mainly due to the epidemic. Globally, due to the impact of the epidemic, more and more people are working from home, and companies and organizations have increasing demands for instant messaging, video conferencing, file sharing, corporate social networks, etc. To help these businesses better meet these needs, Red Hat has decided to extend the support cycle of RHEL 7.

RHEL 7 was released in 2014, and the original support cycle was 10 years, which is expected to end on July 1, 2024. However, now Red Hat announced that it will extend the support cycle of this version by 4 years to ensure that enterprises have more time to upgrade. Red Hat requires enterprises to upgrade to the RHEL 7.9 release and they will continue to maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability and Resilient Storage plugins.

According to the editor’s understanding, this extension will benefit those who are still using RHEL 7 businesses offer longer time to plan and carry out upgrades. This will help ensure that an enterprise's systems remain secure and stable while meeting remote working and collaboration needs. At the same time, Red Hat's decision to postpone also reflects their focus and understanding of customer needs and their commitment to continuing to provide customer support and services.

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