<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 36px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.cpanel.net/2011/02/cpanel-whm-version-1130-long-term-support.html">http://www.cpanel.net/2011/02/cpanel-whm-version-1130-long-term-support.html</a></span></h1><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 36px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">cPanel & WHM Version 11.30 Long-Term Support Announcement</h1><div>cPanel & WHM version 11.30 will be a Long-Term Support version of our software.</div><div><br></div><div class="article-content" style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">A Long-Term Support version of cPanel & WHM has the following attributes:</p><ul style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><li style="line-height: 18px; ">We will apply critical security fixes to this major version throughout its lifespan (at least 18 months).</li><li style="line-height: 18px; ">Feature updates will be limited to changes that improve compatibility with later versions.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The Long-Term Support aspect of version 11.30 will be important to users whose servers run operating systems affected by our new End of Life policy (<a href="http://go.cpanel.net/eol">http://go.cpanel.net/eol</a> ).</p><h2 style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Supported Operating Systems</h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Beginning with cPanel & WHM version 11.30, cPanel, Inc. will enact an End of Life Policy (<a href="http://go.cpanel.net/eol">http://go.cpanel.net/eol</a>) for operating systems. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Linux systems older than CentOS 4, or RedHat® Enterprise Linux® 4, may upgrade to cPanel & WHM 11.30, but not beyond. cPanel <strong>will not provide licenses </strong>for new installations of any Linux system that has reached end of life, as defined by the new policy.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong>All FreeBSD® systems</strong> will continue to use cPanel & WHM 11.30, until we release a new version officially supporting FreeBSD. We will license new installations of cPanel & WHM 11.30 on versions of FreeBSD that we have designated as supported in the 11.30 system requirements (<a href="http://go.cpanel.net/1130reqs">http://go.cpanel.net/1130reqs</a>).</p><h2 style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Operating Systems Affected</h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The following operating systems are considered legacy systems. They will not be licensed for cPanel & WHM versions later than 11.30. (<em>This is not an exhaustive list.)</em></p><table class="Basic" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 2px 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px 2px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px 2px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(221, 221, 221) 0px 1px 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 17px; width: 443px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><th style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(rgb(204, 204, 204)), to(rgb(187, 187, 187))); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 9px; text-align: left; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 1px 1px; font-size: 14px; text-shadow: rgb(221, 221, 221) 0px 1px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Operating System</th><th style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(rgb(204, 204, 204)), to(rgb(187, 187, 187))); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 9px; text-align: left; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 1px 1px; font-size: 14px; text-shadow: rgb(221, 221, 221) 0px 1px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Version(s)</th></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">CentOS</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">3</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">Debian®</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">3</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">Fedora®</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">All versions</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">FreeBSD</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">All versions</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">Mandrake/Mandriva</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">All versions</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">openSUSE</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">11</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">RedHat Legacy</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">7.3, 9</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">RedHat Enterprise Linux</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">2.1, 3</td></tr><tr style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); vertical-align: top; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">SUSE</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 9px; ">All versions</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In summary, cPanel & WHM will not update to a version newer than 11.30 if the server operating system is not one of the following:</p><ul style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><li style="line-height: 18px; ">CentOS 4+</li><li style="line-height: 18px; ">RHEL 4+</li></ul><h2 style="line-height: 36px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> cPanel & WHM 11.30 Lifespan</h2><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">cPanel & WHM 11.30 begins our efforts to fully decouple cPanel & WHM from the operating system. Decoupling is the process of isolating the core of cPanel & WHM from the areas of cPanel & WHM that manage, and interact with, the operating system. Decoupling will allow us to separate the operating system's requirements from the core of cPanel & WHM. As a result, we will be able to integrate our software with the OS more effectively and efficiently.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">We expect this process to provide the following long-term benefits:</p><ul style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; "><li style="line-height: 18px; ">It will allow us to deploy product updates in a more rapid and focused manner.</li><li style="line-height: 18px; ">Conflicts between operating systems and cPanel & WHM will be minimized.</li><li style="line-height: 18px; ">It will allow us to simplify our quality testing process, which, in turn, will improve software installations and updates.</li><li style="line-height: 18px; ">Data centers will be able to plan operating system support customizations and gain greater control over deployments.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Once cPanel & WHM is fully decoupled from the operating system, cPanel & WHM 11.30 will reach the end of its lifespan. At that time we will evaluate re-introducing support for FreeBSD and other operating systems.</p></div><div style="clear: both; line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; "> </div></span></body></html>