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EOL for Oracle Linux 8
What EOL dates will be applicable to Oracle Linux 8 if no premium or basis support packages are bought? Generally what are the limitations of using Oracle Linux 8 without support?
I am planning to migrate a couple of CentOS servers to Oracle 8.5, but do not know if valid support packages are required to get future updates or not.
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Sorry, I do not see the EOL information for Oracle Linux Linux distribution when no support packages are bought in that document. Can someone please point me to the right direction?
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You can run Oracle Linux without support with updates from the public yum servers. You get updates (minor) and upgrades (from 8.5 to 8.6 or newer) with the public servers. The support is mainly dependent on the upstream version of RedHat 8 and is usually 10 years (or longer). Look at this chart to see the cycles from RedHat, on which the cycles from Oracle Linux are based: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#RHEL8_Life_Cycle
Just update your OS regularly (yes, also the the updates from 8.5 to 8.6!!!) with updates from the public yum servers and you're good to go with OL8 until 2029 or longer.
