Endless Lifecycle Support
for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7
Secure your RHEL 7 infrastructure beyond the end of life with ELS – an
affordable, precision-engineered support solution that delivers timely high
and critical severity security patches for as long as you need.
RHEL 7 reached end of life on June 30, 2024, so free security updates stopped over a year ago.
To stay vendor-supported, you’d need an active RHEL Enterprise subscription (a hefty baseline cost) plus Red Hat’s Extended Lifecycle Support on top of that – effectively a two-layer fee – to avoid unpatched vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
Without extended support for RHEL 7, you must quickly upgrade to a newer supported RHEL version, like RHEL 8, or seek an alternative support provider.
TuxCare’s Endless Lifecycle Support for RHEL 7 has your back.
Not ready to upgrade?
With TuxCare’s ELS for RHEL 7, you get precision-engineered, high, and critical-severity patches delivered
on your schedule. No costly double subscriptions, no forced upgrades – just seamless protection.
With Endless Lifecycle Support, you can:
Ensure security and compliance beyond the EOL date with ongoing long-term updates for Critical and High-risk vulnerabilities
Achieve maximum security for your RHEL systems with support for a comprehensive list of essential server packages
Track security updates, selected bug fixes, and affected packages across all architectures with qualified errata advisories
Verify your RHEL systems update status using our OVAL patch definitions with OpenSCAP or other OVAL-compatible tools
Switching to TuxCare for RHEL 7
Support is Simple
Step 1
Connect to the TuxCare repository with a simple
script – and no reboot
Step 2
You’re fully protected with regular ongoing security
patches for as long as you need!
Why TuxCare?
The TuxCare team combines 450+ years of in-depth technical knowledge of
Linux and kernel development
We have a proven track record of security patching with over 5000 CVEs patched to date – and growing
You can request support for additional server packages that are not currently on our list
ELS gives you an affordable option to maintain the security and stability of your EOL systems
TuxCare can support environments that run multiple types of end-of-life Linux distributions