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CentOS

January 20, 2023

This article is about the operating system. For the Polish-Jewish children's-aid society, see CENTOS (charity).

CentOS (/ˈsɛntɒs/, from Community Enterprise Operating System; also known as CentOS Linux)[5][6] is a Linux distribution that provides a free and open-source community-supported computing platform, functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).[7][8] In January 2014, CentOS announced the official joining with Red Hat while staying independent from RHEL,[9] under a new CentOS governing board.[10][11]

CentOS
CentOS Stream 9 in the Workstation configuration, showing its desktop environment, GNOME 40.
DeveloperThe CentOS Project
(affiliated with Red Hat)
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelOpen source
Initial release14 May 2004; 18 years ago (2004-05-14)[1]
Final release
  • 8.5.2111[2] (16 November 2021; 14 months ago (2021-11-16)) [±]
  • 7.9-2009[3] (12 November 2020; 2 years ago (2020-11-12)) [±]
Marketing targetServers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers
Update methodRelease Candidate
Package managerdnf (command line); PackageKit (graphical); .rpm (binaries format)
Platformsx86-64, ARM64, and ppc64le[a]
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Default
user interface		Bash, GNOME Shell[4]
LicenseGNU GPL and other licenses
Succeeded byAlmaLinux, Rocky Linux
Official websitecentos.org

The first CentOS release in May 2004, numbered as CentOS version 2, was forked from RHEL version 2.1AS.[1] Since version 8, CentOS officially supports the x86-64, ARM64, and POWER8 architectures, and releases up to version 6 also supported the IA-32 architecture. As of December 2015, AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are available for the IA-32 architecture, Power ISA, and for the ARMv7hl and AArch64 variants of the ARM architecture.[12][13] CentOS 8 was released on 24 September 2019.[14]

In December 2020, Red Hat unilaterally terminated CentOS development.[15][16][17][18] In response, CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer created the Rocky Linux project as a successor to the original mission of CentOS.[19] In March 2021, Cloud Linux (makers of CloudLinux OS) released a new RHEL derivative called AlmaLinux.[20]

CentOS Linux was discontinued at the end of 2021 in favor of CentOS Stream, a distribution positioned upstream of RHEL.[21]

History

CentOS originated as a build of CAOS Linux, an RPM-based Linux distribution started by Gregory Kurtzer in 2002.[22][23][24] Infiscale described its GravityOS as "[including] the small footprint of Caos",[25] indicating a certain level of influence from the discontinued distribution.

In June 2006, David Parsley, the primary developer of Tao Linux (another RHEL clone), announced the retirement of Tao Linux and its rolling into CentOS development. Tao users migrated to the CentOS release via yum update.[26]

In July 2009, it was reported in an open letter on the CentOS Project web site that CentOS's founder, Lance Davis, had disappeared in 2008. Davis had ceased contribution to the project, but continued to hold the registration for the CentOS domain and PayPal account. In August 2009, the CentOS team reportedly made contact with Davis and obtained the centos.info and centos.org domains.[27]

In July 2010, CentOS overtook Debian to become the most popular Linux distribution for web servers, with almost 30% of all Linux web servers using it.[28] Debian retook the lead in January 2012.[29]

In January 2014, Red Hat announced that it would sponsor the CentOS Project, "helping to establish a platform well-suited to the needs of open source developers that integrate technologies in and around the operating system".[30] As a result of these changes, ownership of CentOS trademarks was transferred to Red Hat,[31] which now employs most of the CentOS head developers; however, they work as part of Red Hat's Open Source and Standards team, which operates separately from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux team.[9] A new CentOS governing board was also established.[10]

On 8 December 2020, the CentOS Project announced that the distribution would be discontinued at the end of 2021 in order to focus on CentOS Stream.[32] The community's response to this announcement was overwhelmingly negative. Soon thereafter, CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer announced a new project to continue the original CentOS focus, which became known as Rocky Linux.[19] CloudLinux created AlmaLinux to provide a community-supported successor to CentOS Linux, aiming for binary-compatibility with the current version of RHEL.[33] A beta version of AlmaLinux was first released on February 1, 2021,[34] and the first stable release of AlmaLinux was published on March 30, 2021.[35]

Design

CentOS developers use Red Hat's source code to create a final product very similar to RHEL. Red Hat's branding and logos are changed because Red Hat does not allow them to be redistributed.[36] CentOS is available free of charge. Technical support is primarily provided by the community via official mailing lists, web forums, and chat rooms.

The project is affiliated with Red Hat but aspires to be more public, open, and inclusive. While Red Hat employs most of the CentOS head developers, the CentOS Project itself relies on donations from users and organizational sponsors.[9]

Versioning and releases

CentOS releases

CentOS version numbers for releases older than 7.0 have two parts, a major version and a minor version, which correspond to the major version and update set of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) used to build a particular CentOS release. For example, CentOS 6.5 is built from the source packages of RHEL 6 update 5 (also known as RHEL version 6.5), which is a so-called "point release" of RHEL 6.[37]

Starting with version 7.0, CentOS version numbers also include a third part that indicates the monthstamp of the source code the release is based on. For example, version number 7.0-1406 still maps this CentOS release to the zeroth update set of RHEL 7, while "1406" indicates that the source code this release is based on dates from June 2014. Using the monthstamp allows installation images to be reissued for (as of July 2014) oncoming container and cloud releases, while maintaining a connection to the related base release version.[38]

Since mid-2006 and starting with RHEL version 4.4, which is formally known as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 update 4, Red Hat has adopted a version-naming convention identical to that used by CentOS (for example, RHEL 4.5 or RHEL 6.5).[39]

On 10 September 2019 CentOS deferred CentOS 8.1 work for CentOS 7.7 since CentOS 7.x was in production and CentOS 8.x was not in production. Once CentOS 7.7 was released resources moved back to CentOS 8.0.

On 24 September 2019 CentOS officially released CentOS version 8.0.

End-of-support schedule

According to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) life cycle,[40] CentOS 5, 6 and 7 will be "maintained for up to 10 years" as it is based on RHEL.[41] Previously, CentOS 4 had been supported for seven years.[42]

CentOS
version 		Release
date 		Full
updates[43][44]		 Maintenance
updates[43][44]
Old version, no longer maintained: 3 2004-03-19 2006-07-20 2010-10-31 [45]
Old version, no longer maintained: 4 2005-03-09 2009-03-31 2012-02-29[45] [b]
Old version, no longer maintained: 5 2007-04-12 2014-01-31 2017-03-31[45] [c]
Old version, no longer maintained: 6 2011-11-27 2017-05-10 2020-11-30[45]
Older version, yet still maintained: 7 2014-07-07 2020-08-06 2024-06-30[45]
Old version, no longer maintained: 8 2019-09-24 2021-12-31[46]
Legend:
Old version
Older version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release

Older version information

CentOS version 7
CentOS version Architectures RHEL base Kernel CentOS release date RHEL release date Delay (days)
7.0-1406[120] x86-64[121][d] 7.0 3.10.0-123 2014-07-07[38] 2014-06-10[122] 27
7.1-1503 x86-64 7.1 3.10.0-229 2015-03-31[123][124] 2015-03-05[125] 26
7.2-1511 x86-64 7.2 3.10.0-327 2015-12-14[126][127] 2015-11-19[128] 25
7.3-1611 x86-64 7.3 3.10.0-514 2016-12-12[129] 2016-11-03[130] 39
7.4-1708 x86-64 7.4 3.10.0-693 2017-09-13[131] 2017-07-31[132][113] 43
7.5-1804 x86-64 7.5 3.10.0-862 2018-05-10[133] 2018-04-10[134][113] 31
7.6-1810 x86-64 7.6 3.10.0-957 2018-12-03[135] 2018-10-30[136][113] 34
7.7-1908 x86-64 7.7 3.10.0-1062 2019-09-17[137] 2019-08-06[138][113] 42
7.8-2003 x86-64 7.8 3.10.0-1127 2020-04-27[139] 2020-03-30[140][113] 28
Older version, yet still maintained: 7.9-2009 x86-64 7.9 3.10.0-1160 2020-11-12[141] 2020-09-29[142][113] 44

Latest version information

CentOS version 8

AltArch releases

AltArch releases are released by the Alternative Architecture Special Interest Group (AltArch SIG) to support architectures that are not supported by the base CentOS releases.

Add-ons releases

Software Collections (SCL) is a CentOS repository that provides a set of programming languages, database servers, and various related packages. Provided software versions are either more recent than their equivalent versions included in the base CentOS distribution, or are made available as official CentOS packages for the first time.[162] (See also the list of CentOS repositories below.)

Packages available from the SCL do not replace the default system tools provided with CentOS. Instead, a parallel set of tools is installed in the /opt directory, and can be optionally enabled per application by using supplied scl utility. For example, the default versions of Perl or MySQL remain those provided by the base CentOS installation.[162]

Add-on name Architectures Base CentOS version CentOS release date RHEL release date Delay (days)
Software Collections (SCL) 1.0[163] x86-64 6.4, 6.5[164] 2014-02-19[164] 2013-09-12[163] 160
Developer Toolset 2.0[165] IA-32, x86-64 6.4 —[166] 2013-09-12[165] —

Releases without upstream equivalents

Some of the ISO images released by the CentOS Project have no direct upstream equivalents. They are created for specific purposes, such as for providing a live bootable image, or for providing a reduced-size installation medium. In addition to those listed below, there are also AltArch releases, which also have no direct upstream equivalents.

LiveCD and LiveDVD images contain a bootable compressed file system, created by a set of custom scripts[167] using a kickstart configuration file.[168] These live images can be also installed to hard disk, thus obtaining a fully functional CentOS installation. The set of packages installed that way on a hard disk can not be adjusted during the installation, as that is a simple transfer of the image existing on CD/DVD, to a hard disk. After booting from hard disk, yum can be used for adding or removing packages.[169]

MinimalCD images contain a minimum of packages required for a functional installation, with no compromises in security or network usability. These minimal images use the standard CentOS installer with all of its regular features minus the selection of packages. Yum can be used after the installation is completed to add or remove packages.[170][171]

Special interest groups

Special interest groups (SIGs) are organized portions of the CentOS community that open paths for building specialized variants of CentOS, which fulfill specific sets of requirements. SIGs have the freedom to modify and enhance CentOS in various ways, including adding more cutting-edge software, rebuilding existing packages depending on the requirements, providing alternative desktop environments, or making CentOS available on otherwise unsupported architectures.[193]

Architectures

As of version 8, CentOS fully supports x86-64, POWER8 and 64-bit ARM architectures,[194] while the following architectures are not supported:

As of December 2015, AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are available for the ARMv7hl and AArch64 variants of the ARM architecture,[13] and plans exist for supporting other variants of the ARM architecture. ARM support is a community effort coordinated through the AltArch SIG.[13][195] AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are also available for the IA-32 architecture and Power ISA (POWER7 and POWER8 chips).[12]

A Live CD version of CentOS is available at mirror.centos.org. A bootable Live USB image of CentOS can be created manually or with UNetbootin.

CentOS images are also available on Amazon's EC2 cloud, in form of prebuilt and already published Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).[196][197]

Repositories

There are three primary CentOS repositories (also known as channels), containing software packages that make up the main CentOS distribution:[198]

  • base : contains packages that form CentOS point releases, and gets updated when the actual point release is formally made available in form of ISO images.
  • updates : contains packages that serve as security, bugfix or enhancement updates, issued between the regular update sets for point releases. Bugfix and enhancement updates released this way are only those unsuitable to be released through the CentOS-Fasttrack repository described below.[199][200]
  • addons : provides packages required for building the packages that make up the main CentOS distribution, but are not provided by the upstream.[e]

The CentOS Project provides several additional repositories that contain software packages not provided by the default base and updates repositories. Those repositories include the following:[201]

  • CentOS Extras : contains packages that provide additional functionality to CentOS without breaking its upstream compatibility or updating the base components.
  • CentOSPlus : contains packages that actually upgrade certain base CentOS components, changing CentOS so that it is not exactly like the upstream provider's content.
  • CentOS-Testing : serves as a proving ground for packages on their way to CentOSPlus and CentOS Extras. Offered packages may or may not replace core CentOS packages, and are not guaranteed to work properly.
  • CentOS-Fasttrack : contains bugfix and enhancement updates issued from time to time, between the regular update sets for point releases. The packages released this way serve as close candidates for the inclusion into the next point release. This repository does not provide security updates, and does not contain packages unsuitable for uncertain inclusion into point releases.[199][200][202]
  • CR (Continuous Release) : makes generally available packages that will appear in the next point release of CentOS. The packages are made available on a testing and hotfix basis, until the actual point release is formally released in form of ISO images.[203]
  • debuginfo : Contains packages with debugging symbols generated when the primary packages were built.
  • contrib : Contains packages contributed by CentOS users that do not overlap with any of the core distribution packages.
  • Software Collections : Provides versions of software newer than those provided by the base distribution, see above for more details.

CentOS Stream

 
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CentOS Stream is a "continuously delivered distro that tracks just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) development, positioned as a midstream between Fedora Linux and RHEL."[204] which is designed for "anyone interested in participating and collaborating in the RHEL ecosystem".[204]

Because prior CentOS releases were derived directly from RHEL (RHEL was essentially upstream of CentOS), Stream thus represents a change from prior CentOS releases, being situated between the upstream development in Fedora and the downstream development for RHEL. That said, CentOS Stream 9 and RHEL 9 started from the same codebase[205] and thus CentOS Stream could reasonably be seen as "closer" to RHEL than Fedora.

The initial release, CentOS Stream 8, was released on 24 September 2019, at the same time as CentOS 8.[206] As CentOS 8 became unsupported, The CentOS Project provided a simple means of converting from CentOS Linux 8 to CentOS Stream 8.[207]

CentOS Stream 9 was released on 3 December 2021.[205]

Notes

  1. ^ CentOS versions older than 7.0-1406 had official support for i686 with Physical Address Extension (PAE), additional architectures were supported in the versions older than 4.7, and currently are provided by AltArch Special Interest Group
  2. ^ An "Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) Add-On Subscription" became available for a further 3 years (i.e. until 2015). The corresponding version of RHEL was on extended support until 31 March 2017.
  3. ^ An "Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) Add-On Subscription" is available for a further 3 years. The corresponding version of RHEL is on extended support until 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ Installation images for i386, ARM and PowerPC are provided by AltArch Special Interest Group.
  5. ^ This repository does not exist from CentOS 6.

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This article is about the operating system For the Polish Jewish children s aid society see CENTOS charity CentOS ˈ s ɛ n t ɒ s from Community Enterprise Operating System also known as CentOS Linux 5 6 is a Linux distribution that provides a free and open source community supported computing platform functionally compatible with its upstream source Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 7 8 In January 2014 CentOS announced the official joining with Red Hat while staying independent from RHEL 9 under a new CentOS governing board 10 11 CentOSCentOS Stream 9 in the Workstation configuration showing its desktop environment GNOME 40 DeveloperThe CentOS Project affiliated with Red Hat OS familyLinux Unix like Working stateDiscontinuedSource modelOpen sourceInitial release14 May 2004 18 years ago 2004 05 14 1 Final release8 5 2111 2 16 November 2021 14 months ago 2021 11 16 7 9 2009 3 12 November 2020 2 years ago 2020 11 12 Marketing targetServers desktop computers workstations supercomputersUpdate methodRelease CandidatePackage managerdnf command line PackageKit graphical rpm binaries format Platformsx86 64 ARM64 and ppc64le a Kernel typeMonolithic Linux kernel Defaultuser interfaceBash GNOME Shell 4 LicenseGNU GPL and other licensesSucceeded byAlmaLinux Rocky LinuxOfficial websitecentos wbr orgThe first CentOS release in May 2004 numbered as CentOS version 2 was forked from RHEL version 2 1AS 1 Since version 8 CentOS officially supports the x86 64 ARM64 and POWER8 architectures and releases up to version 6 also supported the IA 32 architecture As of December 2015 update AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are available for the IA 32 architecture Power ISA and for the ARMv7hl and AArch64 variants of the ARM architecture 12 13 CentOS 8 was released on 24 September 2019 14 In December 2020 Red Hat unilaterally terminated CentOS development 15 16 17 18 In response CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer created the Rocky Linux project as a successor to the original mission of CentOS 19 In March 2021 Cloud Linux makers of CloudLinux OS released a new RHEL derivative called AlmaLinux 20 CentOS Linux was discontinued at the end of 2021 in favor of CentOS Stream a distribution positioned upstream of RHEL 21 Contents 1 History 2 Design 3 Versioning and releases 3 1 CentOS releases 3 1 1 End of support schedule 3 1 2 Older version information 3 1 2 1 CentOS version 7 3 1 3 Latest version information 3 1 3 1 CentOS version 8 3 2 AltArch releases 3 3 Add ons releases 3 4 Releases without upstream equivalents 4 Special interest groups 5 Architectures 6 Repositories 7 CentOS Stream 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditCentOS originated as a build of CAOS Linux an RPM based Linux distribution started by Gregory Kurtzer in 2002 22 23 24 Infiscale described its GravityOS as including the small footprint of Caos 25 indicating a certain level of influence from the discontinued distribution In June 2006 David Parsley the primary developer of Tao Linux another RHEL clone announced the retirement of Tao Linux and its rolling into CentOS development Tao users migrated to the CentOS release via yum update 26 In July 2009 it was reported in an open letter on the CentOS Project web site that CentOS s founder Lance Davis had disappeared in 2008 Davis had ceased contribution to the project but continued to hold the registration for the CentOS domain and PayPal account In August 2009 the CentOS team reportedly made contact with Davis and obtained the centos info and centos org domains 27 In July 2010 CentOS overtook Debian to become the most popular Linux distribution for web servers with almost 30 of all Linux web servers using it 28 Debian retook the lead in January 2012 29 In January 2014 Red Hat announced that it would sponsor the CentOS Project helping to establish a platform well suited to the needs of open source developers that integrate technologies in and around the operating system 30 As a result of these changes ownership of CentOS trademarks was transferred to Red Hat 31 which now employs most of the CentOS head developers however they work as part of Red Hat s Open Source and Standards team which operates separately from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux team 9 A new CentOS governing board was also established 10 On 8 December 2020 the CentOS Project announced that the distribution would be discontinued at the end of 2021 in order to focus on CentOS Stream 32 The community s response to this announcement was overwhelmingly negative Soon thereafter CentOS founder Gregory Kurtzer announced a new project to continue the original CentOS focus which became known as Rocky Linux 19 CloudLinux created AlmaLinux to provide a community supported successor to CentOS Linux aiming for binary compatibility with the current version of RHEL 33 A beta version of AlmaLinux was first released on February 1 2021 34 and the first stable release of AlmaLinux was published on March 30 2021 35 Design EditCentOS developers use Red Hat s source code to create a final product very similar to RHEL Red Hat s branding and logos are changed because Red Hat does not allow them to be redistributed 36 CentOS is available free of charge Technical support is primarily provided by the community via official mailing lists web forums and chat rooms The project is affiliated with Red Hat but aspires to be more public open and inclusive While Red Hat employs most of the CentOS head developers the CentOS Project itself relies on donations from users and organizational sponsors 9 Versioning and releases EditCentOS releases Edit CentOS version numbers for releases older than 7 0 have two parts a major version and a minor version which correspond to the major version and update set of Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL used to build a particular CentOS release For example CentOS 6 5 is built from the source packages of RHEL 6 update 5 also known as RHEL version 6 5 which is a so called point release of RHEL 6 37 Starting with version 7 0 CentOS version numbers also include a third part that indicates the monthstamp of the source code the release is based on For example version number 7 0 1406 still maps this CentOS release to the zeroth update set of RHEL 7 while 1406 indicates that the source code this release is based on dates from June 2014 Using the monthstamp allows installation images to be reissued for as of July 2014 update oncoming container and cloud releases while maintaining a connection to the related base release version 38 Since mid 2006 and starting with RHEL version 4 4 which is formally known as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 update 4 Red Hat has adopted a version naming convention identical to that used by CentOS for example RHEL 4 5 or RHEL 6 5 39 On 10 September 2019 CentOS deferred CentOS 8 1 work for CentOS 7 7 since CentOS 7 x was in production and CentOS 8 x was not in production Once CentOS 7 7 was released resources moved back to CentOS 8 0 On 24 September 2019 CentOS officially released CentOS version 8 0 End of support schedule Edit According to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL life cycle 40 CentOS 5 6 and 7 will be maintained for up to 10 years as it is based on RHEL 41 Previously CentOS 4 had been supported for seven years 42 CentOSversion Releasedate Fullupdates 43 44 Maintenanceupdates 43 44 Old version no longer maintained 3 2004 03 19 2006 07 20 2010 10 31 45 Old version no longer maintained 4 2005 03 09 2009 03 31 2012 02 29 45 b Old version no longer maintained 5 2007 04 12 2014 01 31 2017 03 31 45 c Old version no longer maintained 6 2011 11 27 2017 05 10 2020 11 30 45 Older version yet still maintained 7 2014 07 07 2020 08 06 2024 06 30 45 Old version no longer maintained 8 2019 09 24 2021 12 31 46 Legend Old versionOlder version still maintainedLatest versionLatest preview versionFuture releaseOlder version information Edit CentOS version Architectures RHEL base Kernel CentOS release date RHEL release date Delay days 2 1 IA 32 2 1 2 4 9 2004 05 14 1 2002 05 17 47 7283 1 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x 3 1 2 4 21 15 2004 03 19 48 2003 10 23 47 1483 3 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x 3 3 2 4 21 20 2004 09 17 2004 09 03 143 4 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x 3 4 2 4 21 27 2005 01 23 2004 12 12 423 5 IA 32 3 5 2 4 21 32 2005 06 10 49 2005 05 18 233 6 IA 32 3 6 2 4 21 37 2005 11 01 50 2005 09 28 343 7 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x 3 7 2 4 21 40 2006 04 10 51 2006 03 17 233 8 IA 32 x86 64 3 8 2 4 21 47 2006 08 25 52 2006 07 20 363 9 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x 3 9 2 4 21 50 2007 07 26 53 2007 06 15 414 0 IA 32 x86 64 various 4 0 2 6 9 5 2005 03 09 54 2005 02 14 55 234 1 IA 32 IA 64 s390 4 1 2 6 9 11 2005 06 12 56 2005 06 08 44 2 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x alpha 4 2 2 6 9 22 2005 10 13 57 2005 10 05 84 3 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 s390 s390x 4 3 2 6 9 34 2006 03 21 58 2006 03 12 94 4 IA 32 x86 64 4 4 2 6 9 42 2006 08 30 59 2006 08 10 204 5 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 4 5 2 6 9 55 2007 05 17 60 2007 05 01 164 6 IA 32 x86 64 IA 64 Alpha s390 s390x PowerPC beta SPARC beta 4 6 2 6 9 67 2007 12 16 61 2007 11 16 62 304 7 IA 32 x86 64 4 7 2 6 9 78 2008 09 13 63 2008 07 24 64 514 8 IA 32 x86 64 4 8 2 6 9 89 2009 08 21 65 2009 05 18 66 954 9 IA 32 x86 64 4 9 2 6 9 100 2011 03 02 67 2011 02 16 68 145 0 IA 32 x86 64 5 0 2 6 18 8 2007 04 12 69 2007 03 14 70 285 1 IA 32 x86 64 5 1 2 6 18 53 2007 12 02 71 2007 11 07 72 255 2 IA 32 x86 64 5 2 2 6 18 92 2008 06 24 73 2008 05 21 74 345 3 IA 32 x86 64 5 3 2 6 18 128 2009 03 31 75 2009 01 20 76 695 4 IA 32 x86 64 5 4 2 6 18 164 2009 10 21 77 2009 09 02 78 495 5 IA 32 x86 64 5 5 2 6 18 194 2010 05 14 79 2010 03 31 80 445 6 IA 32 x86 64 5 6 2 6 18 238 2011 04 08 81 2011 01 13 82 855 7 IA 32 x86 64 5 7 2 6 18 274 2011 09 13 83 2011 07 21 84 545 8 IA 32 x86 64 5 8 2 6 18 308 2012 03 07 85 2012 02 21 86 155 9 IA 32 x86 64 5 9 2 6 18 348 2013 01 17 87 2013 01 07 88 105 10 IA 32 x86 64 5 10 2 6 18 371 2013 10 19 89 2013 09 30 90 195 11 IA 32 x86 64 5 11 2 6 18 398 2014 09 30 91 2014 09 16 92 146 0 93 IA 32 x86 64 6 0 2 6 32 71 2011 07 10 94 2010 11 10 95 2426 1 IA 32 x86 64 6 1 2 6 32 131 2011 12 09 96 2011 05 19 97 2046 2 IA 32 x86 64 6 2 2 6 32 220 2011 12 20 98 2011 12 06 99 146 3 100 IA 32 x86 64 6 3 2 6 32 279 2012 07 09 101 2012 06 21 102 186 4 IA 32 x86 64 6 4 2 6 32 358 2013 03 09 103 2013 02 21 104 156 5 IA 32 x86 64 6 5 2 6 32 431 2013 12 01 105 2013 11 21 106 106 6 IA 32 x86 64 6 6 2 6 32 504 2014 10 28 107 2014 10 14 108 146 7 IA 32 x86 64 6 7 2 6 32 573 2015 08 07 109 2015 07 22 110 166 8 IA 32 x86 64 6 8 2 6 32 642 2016 05 25 111 2016 05 10 112 156 9 IA 32 x86 64 6 9 2 6 32 696 113 2017 04 05 114 2017 03 21 115 156 10 116 IA 32 x86 64 6 10 2 6 32 754 117 2018 07 03 118 2018 06 19 119 14CentOS version 7 Edit CentOS version Architectures RHEL base Kernel CentOS release date RHEL release date Delay days 7 0 1406 120 x86 64 121 d 7 0 3 10 0 123 2014 07 07 38 2014 06 10 122 277 1 1503 x86 64 7 1 3 10 0 229 2015 03 31 123 124 2015 03 05 125 267 2 1511 x86 64 7 2 3 10 0 327 2015 12 14 126 127 2015 11 19 128 257 3 1611 x86 64 7 3 3 10 0 514 2016 12 12 129 2016 11 03 130 397 4 1708 x86 64 7 4 3 10 0 693 2017 09 13 131 2017 07 31 132 113 437 5 1804 x86 64 7 5 3 10 0 862 2018 05 10 133 2018 04 10 134 113 317 6 1810 x86 64 7 6 3 10 0 957 2018 12 03 135 2018 10 30 136 113 347 7 1908 x86 64 7 7 3 10 0 1062 2019 09 17 137 2019 08 06 138 113 427 8 2003 x86 64 7 8 3 10 0 1127 2020 04 27 139 2020 03 30 140 113 28Older version yet still maintained 7 9 2009 x86 64 7 9 3 10 0 1160 2020 11 12 141 2020 09 29 142 113 44Latest version information Edit CentOS version 8 Edit CentOS version Architectures RHEL base Kernel CentOS release date RHEL release date Delay days 8 0 1905 x86 64 ppc64le AArch64 8 0 4 18 0 80 2019 09 24 14 2019 05 07 143 113 1408 1 1911 8 1 4 18 0 147 2020 01 15 144 2019 11 05 145 113 718 2 2004 8 2 4 18 0 193 2020 06 15 146 2020 04 28 147 113 488 3 2011 8 3 4 18 0 240 2020 12 07 148 2020 11 03 149 113 348 4 2105 8 4 4 18 0 305 2021 06 03 150 2021 05 18 151 113 16Old version no longer maintained 8 5 2111 8 5 4 18 0 348 2021 11 16 2021 11 09 7AltArch releases Edit AltArch releases are released by the Alternative Architecture Special Interest Group AltArch SIG to support architectures that are not supported by the base CentOS releases CentOS version Architectures RHEL base CentOS release date7 1 1503 AArch64 7 1 2015 08 04 13 IA 32 2015 10 12 152 7 2 1511 IA 32 7 2 2015 12 19 12 ARMv7hl 2015 12 19 12 PowerPC64 TechPreview 2015 12 19 12 POWER8 le TechPreview 2015 12 19 12 7 3 1611 ARMv7hl 7 3 2016 12 14POWER8 le 2016 12 22AArch64 2017 01 04IA 32 2017 01 277 4 1708 ARMv7hl 7 4 2017 09 13 153 POWER8 le 2017 09 14 154 POWER7 2017 09 14 155 AArch64 2017 09 13 156 IA 32 2017 10 12 157 7 5 1804 ARMv7hl 7 5 2018 05 10 158 POWER8 LE 2018 05 10 133 POWER7 2018 05 10 133 AArch64 2018 05 10 133 IA 32 2018 05 10 133 7 6 1810 ARMv7hl 7 6 2018 12 03 159 POWER8 le 2018 12 03 160 PowerPC9 2018 12 03 160 AArch64 2018 12 03 160 IA 32 2018 12 03 160 7 7 1908 ARMv7hl 7 7 2019 09 17 161 POWER7 2019 09 17 161 POWER8 le 2019 09 17 161 POWER9 2019 09 17 161 AArch64 2019 09 17 161 IA 32 2019 09 17 161 Add ons releases Edit Software Collections SCL is a CentOS repository that provides a set of programming languages database servers and various related packages Provided software versions are either more recent than their equivalent versions included in the base CentOS distribution or are made available as official CentOS packages for the first time 162 See also the list of CentOS repositories below Packages available from the SCL do not replace the default system tools provided with CentOS Instead a parallel set of tools is installed in the opt directory and can be optionally enabled per application by using supplied scl utility For example the default versions of Perl or MySQL remain those provided by the base CentOS installation 162 Add on name Architectures Base CentOS version CentOS release date RHEL release date Delay days Software Collections SCL 1 0 163 x86 64 6 4 6 5 164 2014 02 19 164 2013 09 12 163 160Developer Toolset 2 0 165 IA 32 x86 64 6 4 166 2013 09 12 165 Releases without upstream equivalents Edit Some of the ISO images released by the CentOS Project have no direct upstream equivalents They are created for specific purposes such as for providing a live bootable image or for providing a reduced size installation medium In addition to those listed below there are also AltArch releases which also have no direct upstream equivalents LiveCD and LiveDVD images contain a bootable compressed file system created by a set of custom scripts 167 using a kickstart configuration file 168 These live images can be also installed to hard disk thus obtaining a fully functional CentOS installation The set of packages installed that way on a hard disk can not be adjusted during the installation as that is a simple transfer of the image existing on CD DVD to a hard disk After booting from hard disk yum can be used for adding or removing packages 169 MinimalCD images contain a minimum of packages required for a functional installation with no compromises in security or network usability These minimal images use the standard CentOS installer with all of its regular features minus the selection of packages Yum can be used after the installation is completed to add or remove packages 170 171 CentOS version Release name Architectures RHEL base CentOS release date4 7 Server IA 32 x86 64 4 7 2008 10 17 172 5 1 Live CD IA 32 5 1 2008 02 18 173 5 2 Live CD IA 32 5 2 2008 07 17 174 5 3 Live CD IA 32 5 3 2009 05 27 175 5 5 Live CD IA 32 x86 64 5 5 2010 05 14 79 5 6 Live CD IA 32 x86 64 5 6 2011 04 08 81 6 0 Live CD IA 32 x86 64 6 0 2011 07 25 176 Live DVD 2011 07 27 177 Minimal CD 2011 07 28 171 6 1 Live CD IA 32 x86 64 6 1 2011 12 09 178 Live DVD 2011 12 09 179 Minimal CD 2011 12 09 180 6 2 Live CD IA 32 x86 64 6 2 2011 12 20 181 Live DVD 2011 12 20 181 Minimal CD 2011 12 20 98 6 3 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 3 2012 07 09 101 Live CD 2012 07 15Live DVD 2012 07 156 4 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 4 2013 03 09 103 Live CD 2013 05 22 182 Live DVD 2013 05 22 182 6 5 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 5 2013 12 01 105 Live CD 2013 12 01 105 Live DVD 2013 12 01 105 6 6 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 6 2014 10 28 107 6 7 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 7 2015 08 07 109 Live CD 2015 08 11 183 Live DVD 2013 08 11 183 6 8 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 8 2016 05 25 111 Live CD 2016 05 25 111 Live DVD 2016 05 25 111 6 9 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 9 2017 04 05 114 Live DVD 2017 04 05 114 6 10 Minimal CD IA 32 x86 64 6 10 2018 07 03 118 Live DVD 2018 07 03 118 7 0 1406 184 Minimal x86 64 7 0 2014 07 21 185 Live CD 2014 07 07 38 Gnome Live 2014 07 07 38 KDE Live 2014 07 07 38 7 1 1503 186 Minimal x86 64 7 1 2015 03 31 123 Live CD 2015 03 31 123 Gnome Live 2015 03 31 123 KDE Live 2015 03 31 123 7 2 1511 187 Minimal x86 64 7 2 2015 12 14 126 Gnome Live 2015 12 14 126 KDE Live 2015 12 14 126 7 3 1611 188 Minimal x86 64 7 3 2016 12 12 129 Gnome Live 2016 12 12 129 KDE Live 2016 12 12 129 7 4 1708 189 Minimal x86 64 7 4 2017 09 13 131 Gnome Live 2017 09 13 131 KDE Live 2017 09 13 131 7 5 1804 190 Minimal x86 64 7 5 2018 05 10 133 Gnome Live 2018 05 10 133 KDE Live 2018 05 10 133 7 6 1810 191 Minimal x86 64 7 6 2018 12 03 135 Gnome Live 2018 12 03 135 KDE Live 2018 12 03 135 7 7 1908 192 Minimal x86 64 7 7 2019 09 17 137 Gnome Live 2019 09 17 137 KDE Live 2019 09 17 137 Special interest groups EditSpecial interest groups SIGs are organized portions of the CentOS community that open paths for building specialized variants of CentOS which fulfill specific sets of requirements SIGs have the freedom to modify and enhance CentOS in various ways including adding more cutting edge software rebuilding existing packages depending on the requirements providing alternative desktop environments or making CentOS available on otherwise unsupported architectures 193 Architectures EditAs of version 8 CentOS fully supports x86 64 POWER8 and 64 bit ARM architectures 194 while the following architectures are not supported IA 32 in all variants not supported since CentOS 7 IA 32 without Physical Address Extension PAE not supported since CentOS 6 IA 64 Intel Itanium architecture was supported in CentOS 3 and 4 32 bit PowerPC Apple Macintosh and PowerMac running the G3 or G4 PowerPC processor beta support was available in CentOS 4 IBM Mainframe eServer zSeries and S 390 not supported since CentOS 5 Alpha support was available in CentOS 4 SPARC beta support was available in CentOS 4As of December 2015 update AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are available for the ARMv7hl and AArch64 variants of the ARM architecture 13 and plans exist for supporting other variants of the ARM architecture ARM support is a community effort coordinated through the AltArch SIG 13 195 AltArch releases of CentOS 7 are also available for the IA 32 architecture and Power ISA POWER7 and POWER8 chips 12 A Live CD version of CentOS is available at mirror centos org A bootable Live USB image of CentOS can be created manually or with UNetbootin CentOS images are also available on Amazon s EC2 cloud in form of prebuilt and already published Amazon Machine Images AMIs 196 197 Repositories EditThere are three primary CentOS repositories also known as channels containing software packages that make up the main CentOS distribution 198 base contains packages that form CentOS point releases and gets updated when the actual point release is formally made available in form of ISO images updates contains packages that serve as security bugfix or enhancement updates issued between the regular update sets for point releases Bugfix and enhancement updates released this way are only those unsuitable to be released through the CentOS Fasttrack repository described below 199 200 addons provides packages required for building the packages that make up the main CentOS distribution but are not provided by the upstream e The CentOS Project provides several additional repositories that contain software packages not provided by the default base and updates repositories Those repositories include the following 201 CentOS Extras contains packages that provide additional functionality to CentOS without breaking its upstream compatibility or updating the base components CentOSPlus contains packages that actually upgrade certain base CentOS components changing CentOS so that it is not exactly like the upstream provider s content CentOS Testing serves as a proving ground for packages on their way to CentOSPlus and CentOS Extras Offered packages may or may not replace core CentOS packages and are not guaranteed to work properly CentOS Fasttrack contains bugfix and enhancement updates issued from time to time between the regular update sets for point releases The packages released this way serve as close candidates for the inclusion into the next point release This repository does not provide security updates and does not contain packages unsuitable for uncertain inclusion into point releases 199 200 202 CR Continuous Release makes generally available packages that will appear in the next point release of CentOS The packages are made available on a testing and hotfix basis until the actual point release is formally released in form of ISO images 203 debuginfo Contains packages with debugging symbols generated when the primary packages were built contrib Contains packages contributed by CentOS users that do not overlap with any of the core distribution packages Software Collections Provides versions of software newer than those provided by the base distribution see above for more details CentOS Stream Edit Wikinews has related news Red Hat to move focus away from CentOS in favour of Stream CentOS team discuss implications with Wikinews CentOS Stream is a continuously delivered distro that tracks just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL development positioned as a midstream between Fedora Linux and RHEL 204 which is designed for anyone interested in participating and collaborating in the RHEL ecosystem 204 Because prior CentOS releases were derived directly from RHEL RHEL was essentially upstream of CentOS Stream thus represents a change from prior CentOS releases being situated between the upstream development in Fedora and the downstream development for RHEL That said CentOS Stream 9 and RHEL 9 started from the same codebase 205 and thus CentOS Stream could reasonably be seen as closer to RHEL than Fedora The initial release CentOS Stream 8 was released on 24 September 2019 at the same time as CentOS 8 206 As CentOS 8 became unsupported The CentOS Project provided a simple means of converting from CentOS Linux 8 to CentOS Stream 8 207 CentOS Stream 9 was released on 3 December 2021 205 Notes Edit CentOS versions older than 7 0 1406 had official support for i686 with Physical Address Extension PAE additional architectures were supported in the versions older than 4 7 and currently are provided by AltArch Special Interest Group An Extended Life cycle Support ELS Add On Subscription became available for a further 3 years i e until 2015 The corresponding version of RHEL was on extended support until 31 March 2017 An Extended Life cycle Support ELS Add On Subscription is available for a further 3 years The corresponding version of RHEL is on extended support until 30 November 2020 Installation images for i386 ARM and PowerPC are provided by AltArch Special Interest Group This repository does not exist from CentOS 6 References Edit a b c John Newbigin 14 May 2004 CentOS 2 Final finally released centos org Retrieved 1 June 2008 CentOS announce Announcing the latest release of CentOS Linux 8 2111 CentOS announce Release for CentOS Linux 7 2009 on the x86 64 Architecture Kibet John 25 September 2019 CentOS 8 rolls out Here are CentOS 8 New features Computing for Geeks Retrieved 6 October 2019 Community Profile CentOS Project Open Source Community community redhat com Retrieved 10 September 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x86 64 centos org Retrieved 13 September 2017 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 4 Release Notes Red Hat 1 August 2017 Retrieved 12 September 2017 a b c d e f g h Karanbir Singh 10 May 2018 CentOS announce Release for CentOS Linux 7 1804 on x86 64 centos org Retrieved 10 May 2018 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 5 Release Notes Red Hat 10 April 2018 Retrieved 10 April 2018 a b c d Johnny Hughes 3 December 2018 CentOS announce Release for CentOS Linux 7 1810 on x86 64 centos org Retrieved 3 December 2018 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 6 Release Notes Red Hat 30 October 2018 Retrieved 30 October 2018 a b c d Johnny Hughes 17 September 2019 CentOS announce Release for CentOS Linux 7 1908 on x86 64 centos org Retrieved 17 September 2019 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 7 Release Notes Red Hat 6 August 2019 Retrieved 6 August 2019 Johnny Hughes 27 April 2020 CentOS announce Release for CentOS Linux 7 2003 on the x86 64 Architecture centos org Retrieved 27 April 2020 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 8 Release Notes Red 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