# ELevating CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 9 As the Leapp tool is designed to perform one-step migrations, in order to migrate your CentOS 7 machine to AlmaLinux 9 you need to split the migration process: * CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 * AlmaLinux 8 to AlmaLinux 9 ## Migrate CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 * Update the system to get the latest updates and reboot your machine. ``` sudo yum update -y sudo reboot ``` * Install `elevate-release` package with the project repo and GPG key. ``` sudo yum install -y http://repo.almalinux.org/elevate/elevate-release-latest-el$(rpm --eval %rhel).noarch.rpm ``` * Install leapp packages and migration data for AlmaLinux: ``` sudo yum install -y leapp-upgrade leapp-data-almalinux ``` * Start a preupgrade check. In the meanwhile, the Leapp utility creates a special */var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt* file that contains possible problems and recommended solutions. No rpm packages will be installed at this phase. :::warning Preupgrade check will fail as the default install doesn't meet all requirements for migration. ::: ``` sudo leapp preupgrade ``` This summary report will help you get a picture of whether it is possible to continue the upgrade. :::info In certain configurations, Leapp generates */var/log/leapp/answerfile* with true/false questions. Leapp utility requires answers to all these questions in order to proceed with the upgrade. ::: * The following fixes from *the /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt* file are the most popular for CentOS 7, but it's recommended to review the whole file. ``` sudo rmmod pata_acpi echo PermitRootLogin yes | sudo tee -a /etc/ssh/sshd_config sudo leapp answer --section remove_pam_pkcs11_module_check.confirm=True ``` Check the [ELevate Frequent Issues](/elevate/ELevate-frequent-issues) page for known and frequent issues and guidance steps to solve them. * Start an upgrade. You'll be offered to reboot the system after this process is completed. ``` sudo leapp upgrade sudo reboot ``` * A new entry in GRUB called `ELevate-Upgrade-Initramfs` will appear. The system will be automatically booted into it. See how the update process goes in the console. * After reboot, login to the system and check how the migration went. Verify that the current OS is the one you need. Check logs and packages left from previous OS version, consider removing them or update manually. ``` cat /etc/redhat-release cat /etc/os-release rpm -qa | grep el7 cat /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt cat /var/log/leapp/leapp-upgrade.log ``` ## Prepare the system for migration to AlmaLinux 9 When successfully migrated to AlmaLinux 8 OS, consider performing these steps to prepare your system for migration to AlmaLinux 9: * Navigate to the **/etc/** directory and use an editor of your choice to edit the **yum.conf** file. You need to remove everything from the **exclude** line especially that refers to elevate or leapp. ##### An example of yum.conf file: ```bash [main] gpgcheck=1 installonly_limit=3 clean_requirements_on_remove=True best=True skip_if_unavailable=False exclude=python2-leapp,snactor,leapp-upgrade-el7toel8,leapp ``` * Then navigate to the */etc/dnf/* directory and use an editor of your choice to do the same in the **dnf.conf** file. * Now you can remove/manually upgrade packages left from CentOS 7 without any conflicts. * Check packages left from CentOS 7: ``` rpm -qa | grep el7 ``` An example output with a list of packages: ``` leapp-upgrade-el7toel8-0.16.0-6.el7.elevate.17.noarch yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.31-54.el7_8.noarch python2-leapp-0.14.0-1.el7.noarch leapp-data-almalinux-0.1-6.el7.noarch kernel-3.10.0-1160.102.1.el7.x86_64 kernel-3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64 java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.el7_8.x86_64 btrfs-progs-4.9.1-1.el7.x86_64 elevate-release-1.0-2.el7.noarch leapp-0.14.0-1.el7.noarch ``` As mentioned above, consider removing these packages or upgrading them manually to proceed with migration to AlmaLinux 9. :::info If you face difficulties while removing the packages, the following command might help you: ``` rpm -e --nodeps <package_name> ``` ::: * You can also check for the packages left from the migration process and remove them: ``` rpm -qa | grep elevate rpm -qa | grep leapp ``` * Check whether you have the */root/tmp_leapp_py3* directory created and if so delete it. ``` sudo rm -fr /root/tmp_leapp_py3 ``` * Clean up your machine. ``` sudo dnf clean all ``` * You may also have to remove old RSA/SHA1 GPG keys. List the keys: ``` rpm -q gpg-pubkey --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n' ``` To remove them, use use the `rpm -e` command: ``` rpm -e [keyname] ``` After these preparations are completed, you can migrate your AlmaLinux 8 machine to AlmaLinux 9. ## Migrating AlmaLinux 8 to AlmaLinux 9 * Install `elevate-release` package with the project repo and GPG key. ``` sudo yum install -y http://repo.almalinux.org/elevate/elevate-release-latest-el$(rpm --eval %rhel).noarch.rpm ``` * Install leapp packages and migration data for AlmaLinux: ``` sudo yum install -y leapp-upgrade leapp-data-almalinux ``` * Start a preupgrade check. In the meanwhile, the Leapp utility creates a special */var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt* file that contains possible problems and recommended solutions. No rpm packages will be installed at this phase. :::warning Preupgrade check will fail as the default install doesn't meet all requirements for migration. ::: ``` sudo leapp preupgrade ``` This summary report will help you get a picture of whether it is possible to continue the upgrade. :::info In certain configurations, Leapp generates */var/log/leapp/answerfile* with true/false questions. Leapp utility requires answers to all these questions in order to proceed with the upgrade. ::: * The following fixes from *the /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt* file are the most popular fixes for RHEL8-based operating systems: ```bash sudo sed -i "s/^AllowZoneDrifting=.*/AllowZoneDrifting=no/" /etc/firewalld/firewalld.conf sudo leapp answer --section check_vdo.no_vdo_devices=True ``` You might also find the following issue in the **leapp-report** file that can interfere with the migration. Consider removing the file: ```bash Network configuration for unsupported device types detected Summary: RHEL 9 does not support the legacy network-scripts package that was deprecated in RHEL 8 in favor of NetworkManager. Files for device types that are not supported by NetworkManager are present in the system. Files with the problematic configuration: - /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ``` Check the [ELevate Frequent Issues](/elevate/ELevate-frequent-issues) page for known and frequent issues and guidance steps to solve them. * Start an upgrade. You'll be offered to reboot the system after this process is completed. ``` sudo leapp upgrade sudo reboot ``` :::info You might want to remove the **make-devel** package as it conflicts when running `leapp upgrade` and thus this step fails. ::: * A new entry in GRUB called `ELevate-Upgrade-Initramfs` will appear. The system will be automatically booted into it. See how the update process goes in the console. * After reboot, login to the system and check how the migration went. Verify that the current OS is the one you need. Check logs and packages left from previous OS version, consider removing them or update manually. ``` cat /etc/redhat-release cat /etc/os-release rpm -qa | grep el8 cat /var/log/leapp/leapp-report.txt cat /var/log/leapp/leapp-upgrade.log ```