Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Third Party Linux Migration with ELS

For North America and regions outside EMEA, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Third Party Linux Migration with ELS (Extended Life Cycle Support) provides an easy path for users of CentOS Linux and other select Linux distributions to move to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7. This offering provides access to all RHEL 7 content, including High Availability and Convert2RHEL tooling that assists with the in-place conversion of instances running on another rpm-based Linux distribution. It also provides access to security patches and updates, via ELS, until June 2028, giving users four additional years after the CentOS Linux 7 EOL date (June 30, 2024) to plan their migration to a more current release of RHEL.

The cost of this offering is based on the number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) used per hour.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides flexibility, stability, and reliability to support hybrid cloud innovation.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux  provides an intelligent, stable, and security-focused operating foundation for modern IT environments. Consistency across infrastructure footprints including physical, virtual, private clouds, public clouds, and edge deployments - allows you to manage applications, workloads, and services using the same tools across locations. And by giving you more control, confidence, and freedom to innovate, Red Hat Enterprise Linux reduces deployment friction and costs while speeding up time to value for critical business workloads.

Protect your business with innovative, built-in capabilities Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides security technologies, controls, certifications, and the ongoing support of the Red Hat Product Security team to help safeguard your IT infrastructure and business.

Simplify management with integrated tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers built-in manageability and integration with Red Hat management and automation products. Every active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription includes access to Red Hat Insights , a single, consistent tool that leverages more than 25 years of Linux expertise to help you monitor for security, stability, and performance issues, stopping problems before they start."

NOTES - This offering is not eligible for purchase of life cycle add-ons, ie Extended Update Support (EUS). Unit count is fixed at the time of purchase and there is no option to true up additional subscriptions after initial purchase. To purchase RHEL for Third Party Linux Migration, an organization must be moving from a qualifying Linux distribution: CentOS Linux 7.