Debian 9 “Stretch” goes End of Life (EOL) June 2022
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.
“skipping Debian 10 if possible”
skipping releases is NOT supported, you have update to Debian 10 and then can go to Debian 11.
You are right Tobi, when doing an in-place upgrade we should always go up one version at a time. We are just suggesting that you don’t stop at the next version up but continue to upgrade, therefore skipping a version 🙂
Of course, in-place upgrades are only one option open to people that have this issue. You could rebuild or replace the server directly using Debian 11 either storing things in /home or restoring from backups as needed.
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