Migration Guide: CentOS to AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and other alternatives
Because the official support for CentOS 8 has ended on 31.12.2021, we will show you in today’s video how to migrate from CentOS to AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux or CentOS Stream.
You might also check out our Step-by-Step Guide on our website:
https://contabo.com/blog/migration-gu...
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:57 AlmaLinux
2:02 Rocky Linux
3:01 CentOS Stream
4:41 Oracle Linux
Commands used in this video:
General Commands:
Become a power user:
sudo -i
CentOS to AlmaLinux:
Updating current distro:
dnf update
Downloading AlmaLinux from GitHub:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Alm...
Making the script executable:
chmod +x almalinux-deploy.sh
Run the script:
./almalinux-deploy.sh
Reboot the server:
reboot
CentOS to Rocky Linux:
Updating current distro:
dnf update
Downloading Rocky Linux from GitHub:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roc...
Making the script executable:
chmod u+x migrate2rocky.sh
Starting the script:
./migrate2rocky.sh -r
Reboot the server:
reboot
CentOS to CentOS Stream:
Updating current distro:
dnf update
Starting the installation:
dnf install centos-release-stream
Swapping the repositorys:
dnf swap centos-linux-repos centos-stream-repos
Syncing all packages:
dnf distro-sync
Reboot the server:
reboot
CentOS to Oracle Linux:
Updating current distro:
dnf update
Downloading Oracle Linux from GitHub:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ora...
Making the script executable:
chmod +x centos2ol.sh
Run the script:
./centos2ol.sh
Reboot the server:
reboot
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Video created by:
Tobias "TM" Mildenberger aka. @realtmcsgo
