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Title: Will CWP Break from Upgrading to Centos 8?
Post by: urantian on August 04, 2024, 02:15:46 AM
I'm still on Centos 7 and, of course, it reached end of life.  I found a way to upgrade to Centos 8, without starting over.

https://www.tecmint.com/upgrade-centos-7-to-centos-8/

I tested this on a different server and it works, however CWP was already having issues (500 error) prior to the upgrade.  Therefore, I don't know whether CWP would break from the upgrade.

Has anyone upgraded successfully from 7 to 8, and still have CWP working?

Thank you,

Michael
Title: Re: Will CWP Break from Upgrading to Centos 8?
Post by: overseer on August 04, 2024, 04:38:18 AM
You want to move from CentOS 7.9 to AlmaLinux 8. Use Alma's ELevate tool to accomplish this (after performing a FULL backup -- server image).

CentOS 8 is already EOL, so no point in even considering it. AlmaLinux is the best path forward at this point.
Title: Re: Will CWP Break from Upgrading to Centos 8?
Post by: Starburst on August 04, 2024, 04:57:46 AM
As @overseer mentioned, you want to make a snapshot or backup of your server, and use ELevate to upgrade to AlmaLinux 8.10

See: https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ELevating-CentOS7-to-AlmaLinux-9.html (https://wiki.almalinux.org/elevate/ELevating-CentOS7-to-AlmaLinux-9.html)

CentOS 8 is past EOL, and CentOS 8 Stream has been archived by RH.
Title: Re: Will CWP Break from Upgrading to Centos 8?
Post by: urantian on August 04, 2024, 03:19:03 PM
Thank you for the information.  I've been looking into AlmaLinux and it seems very similar to CentOS.

Is there a recommended program to take the snapshot?

Title: Re: Will CWP Break from Upgrading to Centos 8?
Post by: Starburst on August 04, 2024, 04:13:08 PM
CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky, etc. are all based off RHEL.

RH controls the following in their development cycle: Fedora (alpha), CentOS Stream (beta), and RHEL (release).

Your provider should provide the snapshot service for your server.

Then there are 3rd party backup companies like Acronis and iDrive.