Migration instructions for TuxCare's CentOS ELS to AlmaLinux ESU

[sej7278]

Instructions for how to migrate from TuxCare's CentOS ELS products (e.g. CentOS 7 or Stream 8) to AlmaLinux ESU, for review please.

Attached a PDF to see what it looks like - including the modified sidebar: almalinux_wiki.pdf

The main differences include workarounds for migrating specifically to AlmaLinux 9.2 and tidying up after ELS, as well as the FIPS stuff. Being more version-specific means we need less explanatory text which seems to be confusing users.

[sej7278]

Would be interested to know if you even need to use almalinux-deploy to get from stream8 to alma8 or if ELevate can do it all....?

[bennyvasquez]

Thanks, @sej7278! As paid-only Tuxcare products, I'm not sure that these directions make much sense in the AlmaLinux wiki, but should instead probably be in the Tuxcare docs. Are y'all getting a lot of support questions about this? if so, maybe we should add a note to the thing (like we do with the cPanel fork)?

[sej7278]

Hey @bennyvasquez, I had considered putting it in TuxCare docs but not sure people would think to look there about ELevate.

What's this about cpanel?

Perhaps we could link from the AlmaLinux wiki to TuxCare docs?

[bennyvasquez]

Oh, it looks like I never got the cPanel line added to the wiki, but you can see it on the website page here: https://almalinux.org/elevate/

Essentially, it's just a note that says "if you're using $product, find directions for that "

[sej7278]

ah ok, so maybe i should do the PR to replicate the cpanel link (to docs.tuxcare.com) and maybe add both to the wiki?

[bennyvasquez]

yeah, that sounds perfect! If I were doing it I would look for anywhere in the wiki that we reference the Oracle caveat and add them both there. If you don't mind, please also tag Sonya when you submit the new PR - she might have more ideas about where to put it!

[codyro]

This is so stupid, but maybe this should be changed to ELevating for branding/marketing consistency?

[bennyvasquez]

Yup, but it's not going to get merged anyway. :D

[sej7278]

harsh! 😄

[sej7278]

i've made cloudlinux/tuxcare-documentation#126 to get it added to tuxcare docs

i'm guessing i need to do 2 alma PR's to get it added here https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ :

* - upgrading from Scientific Linux 7 to AlmaLinux 8 requires a workaround. Please, see more in the [known issues](https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ELevate-frequent-issues).
** - upgrading to Oracle Linux 9 is available with the [Oracle Leapp utility](https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/upgrade-oracle-linux-8-to-oracle-linux-9-using-leapp)

(opens new window) and will not be supported by ELevate project.
*** - upgrade is available as ELevate NG and currently in testing. For details, please, see the [ELevate NG Guide](https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ELevate-NG-testing-guide).

and https://almalinux.org/elevate/ :

* Migration to Oracle Linux 9 is available with the [Oracle Leapp utility](https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/upgrade-oracle-linux-8-to-oracle-linux-9-using-leapp) and will not be supported by ELevate project.
* Note: If you use cPanel, we recommend using the [cPanel ELevate](https://cpanel.github.io/elevate/) fork.

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