RHEL 7 OS/Security Patching
by shlammed from LinuxQuestions.org on (#551H6)
Hi folks,
Trying to wrap my head around patching in Red Hat. Can anyone validate that my understanding here is correct?
Let's take RHEL 7.5 as an example. My options are:
1) Stay at 7.5 and patching nothing as EUS expired in April 2020
2) Patch to the latest version (7.8)
Now, if for some reason I need to stay at 7.5 due to app stack certification, I believe I would be SOL at this point, correct?
In other words, I see this "Maintenance 2" phase on Red Hat's site which runs up until 2024, but am I correct to say that this maintenance phase ONLY applies to the last version of RHEL 7 (assuming 7.9)?
Thanks
Trying to wrap my head around patching in Red Hat. Can anyone validate that my understanding here is correct?
Let's take RHEL 7.5 as an example. My options are:
1) Stay at 7.5 and patching nothing as EUS expired in April 2020
2) Patch to the latest version (7.8)
Now, if for some reason I need to stay at 7.5 due to app stack certification, I believe I would be SOL at this point, correct?
In other words, I see this "Maintenance 2" phase on Red Hat's site which runs up until 2024, but am I correct to say that this maintenance phase ONLY applies to the last version of RHEL 7 (assuming 7.9)?
Thanks