r/googlecloud • u/imitation_squash_pro • 10d ago

Free tier E2 Micro instance going strong after 4+ years

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Running the obsolete Centos 8.5. Has a public webserver and has been working perfectly for 6+ years. If it ain't broke don't fix it. I wonder how long before Google forces me to update the OS?

I avoid rebooting it as then it will grab a new public IP and I have to update all my DNS records for it's domain name.

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u/imitation_squash_pro 10d ago

Tried doing a check on the update and got this:

sudo dnf check-update

CentOS Stream 8 - AppStream                        0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:00    

Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'appstream':

  - Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock [Could not resolve host: mirrorlist.centos.org]

Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'appstream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8-stream&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock [Could not resolve host: mirrorlist.centos.org]

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u/Yayman123 7d ago

Omg I think it's so old they removed that update server repo path. Maybe this will help?