The problem is that I know that the OpenVZ to LXC migration will drop some required features for my use case in terms of isolation of untrusted containers, so whilst I'm sure 3.x to 4.x migration will be fine for many users, for some it won't be until LXC (and then Proxmox 4.x) gets those...
Just thinking a bit about what effective continued support would mean for Proxmox 3.x in our use case (and I'd guess most other deployed users' too).
Generally it just means security updates, so lets break that down:
The attack surface of the environment overall comprises:
1. Management...
FWIW, the current planned dates for these are:
Wheezy LTS EOL: May 2018
OpenVZ RHEL6 kernel EOL: Nov 2019
(sources: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS and https://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6 )
Perhaps an option is to adopt a similar model to Debian LTS - i.e. support is on a "best-effort"...
Hi,
I was wondering if there was any update on this? Wheezy is now entering LTS...
Wheezy LTS EOL: May 2018
OpenVZ RHEL6 kernel EOL: Nov 2019
(sources: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS and https://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6 )
I assume you're using the OpenVZ RHEL6 kernel for Proxmox...
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