CentOS Upgrade Consulting

Move from legacy CentOS 7/8 to a secure, supported Linux platform with minimal downtime. RockyNordic helps businesses assess, plan, test, and execute CentOS upgrades to Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, or CentOS Stream—ensuring security, stability, and business continuity.

Avoid security risk

Eliminate exposure from unsupported systems

Stay compliant

Meet regulatory and industry requirements

Reduce downtime

Planned upgrades with minimal business disruption

Future-proof your platform

Move to supported Linus butt for the future

Why act now?

CentOS 7/8 is end-of-life

CentOS 7 reached end-of-life in June 2024. CentOS 8 reached end-of-life in December 2021. Running unsupported systems puts your business at risk.

Security vulnerabilities

Unpatched systems are easy targets for attacks and exploits

Compliance violations

Unsupported systems may violate industry and regulatory requirements

Operational disruptions

Breakdowns, outages, and costly emergency fives increase

Software incompatibility

Never applications and tools may no longer support legacy CentOS

The longer you wait, the higher the risk. Let us help you upgrade safely.

A safer CentOS upgrade

From security review to final validation, our upgrade process is designed to reduce risk, avoid unexpected downtime, and make sure your systems are ready before, during, and after migration.

Upgrade with confidence

We review your current CentOS environment, reduce migration risks, and prepare a secure upgrade plan before anything moves to production.

Check compatibility before you migrate

Before upgrading from CentOS, we check whether your existing applications, services, packages, databases, scripts, and integrations are ready for the new supported Linux platform.

Minimize downtime, maximize continuity

We plan your CentOS upgrade around your business operations, helping reduce service interruptions and keep critical systems available during the migration.

Plan a safe rollback path

We prepare a clear rollback plan before migration begins, so your systems can be restored quickly if unexpected issues appear during the CentOS upgrade.

Validate a successful upgrade

After the migration, we verify your systems, services, and configurations to make sure the new platform is stable, secure, and ready for production use.

Supported upgrade paths

Choose the Linux platform that best fits your strategy and long-term goals.

Rocky Linux

Recommended

Enterprise-grade, community-driven, and 100% compatible with RHEL.

• Recommended due to long-term stability and support
• Binary compatible with RHEL
• Strong community and ecosystem

AlmaLinux

Enterprise Linux built by the community for the community.

• Stable and production-ready
• RHEL compatible
• Wide ecosystem support

CentOS Stream

Continuous delivery platform for innovation before the next RHEL release.

• Early access to new features
• Ideal for testing and development
• Contribute to the ecosystem

Discovery

We learn about your environment, workloads, and business goals

Assessment

We analyse risk, compatibility, and dependencies to define your upgrade plan

Test upgrade

We build a test environment, run upgrades, and validate functionality

Production migration

We execute the upgrade with minimal downtime and close monitoring

Validation & support

We verify system health and provide ongoing post-upgrade support

Upgrade environment

Whether your CentOS systems run on physical servers, virtual machines, cloud infrastructure, web servers, or database servers, we plan and execute the upgrade with a careful focus on compatibility, uptime, data protection, and long-term stability.

Physical server

We upgrade CentOS running on physical hardware with a methodical approach that protects data, configuration. and uptime.

Virtual machine

We upgrade CentOS systems running inside virtualized environments with a careful process that protects workloads, configurations, and service availability.

Cloud server

We upgrade CentOS cloud servers with a structured approach that protects uptime, data, access, and cloud-specific configurations.

Web server

We upgrade CentOS web servers with a careful focus on uptime, website compatibility, SSL, hosting control panels, and service stability.

Database server

We upgrade CentOS database servers with a careful focus on data protection, service stability, compatibility, and recovery readiness.

Need a safe CentOS upgrade path?

Get a clear upgrade plan, timeline, and expert guidance tailored to your environment