KUSANAGI 8 based on CentOS 7 will no longer be updated on June 30, 2024, as CentOS 7 will no longer be supported by the community on June 30, 2024.
KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8 will no longer be updated on May 31, 2024, as CentOS Stream 8 will no longer be supported by the community on May 31, 2024.
Please refer to the respective platform information for the end of availability of KUSANAGI 8 and KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8 on each platform where KUSANAGI is available.
The KUSANAGI 8 and KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8 that are already in use can be used as they are since the RPM repositories of each KUSANAGI will remain for the time being.
However, CentOS 7 will not be supported by the community after June 30, 2024 and CentOS Stream 8 after May 31, 2024. The RPM repository of KUSANAGI will not be updated after June 30, 2024 for KUSANAGI 8 and after May 31, 2024 for KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8.
Therefore, from a security perspective, please consider migrating to KUSANAGI 9 on AlmaLinux OS 8 / AlmaLinux OS 9 as soon as possible.
How to check and migrate KUSANAGI 8
This section is intended for current KUSANAGI 8 users.
If you are currently using KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8, please refer to ‘How to check and migrate KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8’.
You can check whether your KUSANAGI is KUSANAGI 8 with the following command.
# kusanagi status
For KUSANAGI 8 (* version numbers may vary):
KUSANAGI Version 8.7.13-1
For KUSANAGI 9 (* version numbers may vary):
KUSANAGI Version 9.4.14-1.el8For migration, you can use the kusanagi migrate command to migrate to KUSANAGI 9.
For migration procedures using the kusanagi migrate command, see the following article.
https://kusanagi.tokyo/en/document/commands/migrate/
https://www.prime-strategy.co.jp/column/archives/column_5587
How to check and migrate KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8
This section is intended for current KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8 users.
If you are currently using KUSANAGI 8, please refer to ‘How to check and migrate KUSANAGI 8’.
You can check whether your KUSANAGI is KUSANAGI 9 on CentOS Stream 8 with the following command.
# cat /etc/redhat-release
For CentOS Stream 8:
CentOS Stream release 8
For AlmaLinux OS 8 (* version numbers and other information may vary):
AlmaLinux release 8.9 (Midnight Oncilla)For migration, you can use the kusanagi migrate command to migrate to KUSANAGI 9 on another OS.
For migration procedures using the kusanagi migrate command, see the following article.
https://kusanagi.tokyo/en/document/commands/migrate/
https://www.prime-strategy.co.jp/column/archives/column_5587
Alternatively, if you are migrating to AlmaLinux OS 8, you can also migrate using the migration scripts provided by AlmaLinux.
For migration instructions using the migration scripts provided by AlmaLinux, see the following article.
https://www.prime-strategy.co.jp/column/archives/column_8124
End of support for CentOS 7 / CentOS Stream 8
For information on the end of support for CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8, see below.
https://blog.centos.org/2023/04/end-dates-are-coming-for-centos-stream-8-and-centos-linux-7
