![]() Going forward, there is still a product called CentOS Stream, but it doesn’t provide the stability the old CentOS did, so it’s not suitable for a Docker base image. This is where the centos:8 image came in handy: it was the same packages as RHEL, just rebuilt without RedHat’s branding (and without RedHat’s commercial support, of course.) ![]() RedHat has also added support for software that has been released since 2019, so you can for example install Python 3.9.Ī Linux distribution that guarantees backwards compatibility, has good long-term availability of security updates, and also adds new packages over time makes a good Docker base image. ![]() RHEL 8 was released in May 2019, will continue to get full support until May 2024, and security updates until May 2029. So if you’ve been using centos:8 as your base Docker image, what should you use now? Motivation: a stable, long-term-support base image For many years, CentOS provided a free, binary-compatible version of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).īut as of January 2022, CentOS 8 has reached its end-of-life, even as RHEL 8 will still be supported for many years.
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