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− | Use these steps to convert a CentOS 8 host to Rocky Linux: | + | CentOS will reach end-of-life on December 31, 2021. Use these steps to convert a CentOS 8 host to Rocky Linux 8: |
* Remove CentOS repos RPMs: | * Remove CentOS repos RPMs: | ||
rpm -qa | grep centos | xargs rpm -e --nodeps | rpm -qa | grep centos | xargs rpm -e --nodeps | ||
− | * | + | * Point to CAC-hosted Rocky 8 repositories: |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
− | yum | + | cd /etc/yum.repos.d |
− | + | curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-AppStream.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-BaseOS.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-Devel.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-Extras.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-HighAvailability.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-PowerTools.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-ResilientStorage.repo'</pre> | |
− | * Install | + | * Install relevant Rocky RPMS: |
− | + | yum install --releasever 8 --nogpg rocky-gpg-keys rocky-logos rocky-obsolete-packages rocky-release rocky-repos rocky-backgrounds | |
+ | yum clean all | ||
+ | rm /etc/yum.repos.d/*.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/*.rpmsave | ||
* Make sure everything looks good: | * Make sure everything looks good: | ||
yum check | yum check | ||
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* Make sure everything is up-to-date: | * Make sure everything is up-to-date: | ||
yum update | yum update | ||
+ | * Reboot host. |
Latest revision as of 14:04, 28 September 2022
CentOS will reach end-of-life on December 31, 2021. Use these steps to convert a CentOS 8 host to Rocky Linux 8:
- Remove CentOS repos RPMs:
rpm -qa | grep centos | xargs rpm -e --nodeps
- Point to CAC-hosted Rocky 8 repositories:
cd /etc/yum.repos.d curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-AppStream.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-BaseOS.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-Devel.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-Extras.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-HighAvailability.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-PowerTools.repo'; curl -O 'https://redcloud.cac.cornell.edu:8443/swift/v1/rocky-8-repos/Rocky-ResilientStorage.repo'
- Install relevant Rocky RPMS:
yum install --releasever 8 --nogpg rocky-gpg-keys rocky-logos rocky-obsolete-packages rocky-release rocky-repos rocky-backgrounds yum clean all rm /etc/yum.repos.d/*.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/*.rpmsave
- Make sure everything looks good:
yum check
- Make sure everything is up-to-date:
yum update
- Reboot host.