Hello, my hosting recommend me to upgrade our Centos 6 to Almalinux, it support php 8 and MySQL 7.2 above, what do you suggest? 

I honestly had never heard of Almalinux before. At the end of the day, use what is supported by the host. As long as you meet the IPB software requirements, you should be fine. 

 

Hello, my hosting recommend me to upgrade our Centos 6 to Almalinux, it support php 8 and MySQL 7.2 above, what do you suggest? 

CentOS 6 hasn't been supported for a long time now.

So yes you need to upgrade - And yes AlmaLinux is a perfect choice - Its my choice for the next CentOS replacement, the other one I like is Rocky Linux.

https://blog.cloudlinux.com/almalinux-is-born

https://rockylinux.org/about/

I have used Cloud Linux for many years (ok paid for, but not expensive) so my own personal recommendation for AlmaLinux is biased, have a google as there are more than these two, however these would be my go to choice.

I would also recommend a new fresh install and not an upgrade (not even sure AlmaLinux supports going from centos6)

 

I honestly had never heard of Almalinux before. 

Really ? 🙄

Old thread but adding that we are probably migrating from CentOS 7 to Almalinux.