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Claire Christmas

Debian 9 “Stretch” goes End of Life (EOL) June 2022

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On the 30 June 2022, Debian 9 “Stretch” goes End of Life (EOL). We recommend you upgrade to Debian 11 “Bullseye” (skipping Debian 10 if possible) which is supported until June 2026.

After this date there will be no security updates released for Debian 9 and servers will not be patched for any new vulnerabilities discovered.

Leaving old Debian 9 “Stretch” systems past 30 June 2022 leaves you at risk to:

  • Security vulnerabilities of the system in question
  • Software incompatibility
  • Compliance issues (PCI)
  • Poor performance and reliability
    and
  • Making your network more vulnerable as a whole

Debian 11 “Bullseye” Supports:

  • Apache 2.4.48
  • MariaDB 10.5
  • MySQL 8.0
  • PHP 7.4
  • Python 3, 3.9.1

Not sure where to start? Contact us to find out how we can help you.

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Claire Christmas

Debian 8 Jessie EOL 30th June 2020

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On the 30th June 2020, Debian 8 “Jessie” goes End of Life (EOL). We recommend you upgrade to Debian 10 “Buster” (skipping Debian 9 if possible).

Debian 8 was one of a few OS’s that supported PHP 5, even after official support by the PHP developers ended in 2018. Debian 10 supports PHP 7.3, which may require  some rewriting of code for your website or application, so it best to start planning your upgrade now!

Technology and security evolves. New bugs are fixed and new threats prevented, so in order to maintain a secure infrastructure it is important to keep all software and systems up to date.  Once an operating system reaches end of life, it no longer receives updates, so will end up left with known security holes. Old operating systems don’t support the latest technologies, which new releases of software depend on, this can lead to compatibility issues.

Leaving old Debian 8 systems past June 2020 leaves you at risk to:

  • Security vulnerabilities of the out of date system.
  • Making your entire network more vulnerable.
  • Software incompatibility.
  • Compliance issues (PCI).
  • Poor performance and reliability.

Debian End of life dates:

  • Debian 9 “Stretch”: June 2022.
  • Debian 10: “Buster”:  No date given as yet –  based on previous releases our best guess is 2024.

Increased Speed:

By moving from Debian 8 to Debian 10 you should notice a speed increase due to the newer software.

  • Apache 2.4.10 -> Apache 2.4.38
  • PHP 5.x -> PHP 7.3
  • MySQL 5.6 / 5.7 -> MariaDB 10.3

Not sure where to start? Contact us to help with your migration.

 

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Jim Carter

How will Debian 7 end of life affect me?

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On 31st May 2018, Debian 7 “Wheezy” reaches end of life (EOL).
We recommend that you update to Debian 9 “Stretch”.

Over time technology and security evolves, new bugs are fixed and new threats prevented, so in order to maintain a secure infrastructure it is important to keep all software and systems up to date.  Once an operating system reaches end of life it no longer receives updates so will end up left with known security holes.

Operating systems are key to security, providing the libraries and technologies behind NGINX, Apache and anything else running your application. Old operating systems don’t support the latest technologies which new releases of software depend on, leading to compatibility issues.

Leaving old Debian 7 systems past May 2018 leaves you at risk to:

  • Security vulnerabilities of the system in question
  • Making your network more vulnerable as a whole
  • Software incompatibility
  • Compliance issues (PCI)
  • Poor performance and reliability

Debian End of life dates:

  • Debian 7 : 31st May 2018
  • Debian 8 : April 2020
  • Debian 9: June 2022

Faster:

Just picking up your files and moving them from Debian 7 to Debian 9 will speed up your site due to the newer software.

  • Apache 2.2.22 -> Apache 2.4.25
  • PHP 5.4 -> PHP 7.0
  • MySQL 5.5 -> MariaDB 10.1

Are you still using an old operating system?

Want to upgrade?

Not sure if this effects you?

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