centos7 - Redhat stopped CentOS 7 updates, Do we need to upgrade to CentOS 8 Stream version?

Question

We are using 'CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)' for production servers. But it seems that Redhat stopped Centos 7 full updates from November 2020 onwards. We are in confusion do we need to upgrade to CentOS 8 or Centos Stream?, As per Centos / wiki official docs. They were providing full/maintenance support for Centos 8 Stream still 2024. Is this Centos 8 Steam version is stable or can we continue with Centos 7 maintenance version?

Reference URLS : https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS#CentOS_version_7

Answer 1

In my career i have seen prod servers even running on Solaris 11 which was released 10 years ago and has no support now.

This usually depends, whether the underlying dependencies required by your application change/requires to be updated frequently or not,

If yes - Go with supported version.( which will also run out of support :D )

If No - Stay where you are. ( Best choice Mostly )