How to upgrade from Rocky Linux 8 to Rocky Linux 9
Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with America's top enterprise Linux distribution now that its downstream partner has shifted direction. It is under intensive development by the community. Rocky Linux is led by Gregory Kurtzer, founder of the CentOS project.
Pre-requisites :
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A Server / VPS running Rocky Linux 8
rootaccess to the system.
Don't forget to take a backup of your important files and data before proceeding with the upgrade process.
First, Check that your system is up to date by running the following commands, After the update is completed, reboot the server,
dnf update -y
rebootAfter Rebooting, Verify that it is running the latest Rocky Linux release,
cat /etc/os-releaseOutput:
[[root@vps ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="8.8 (Green Obsidian)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.8"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 8.8 (Green Obsidian)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:8:GA"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2029-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-8"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.8"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.8"Install elevate-release package with the project repo and GPG key.
yum install -y http://repo.almalinux.org/elevate/elevate-release-latest-el$(rpm --eval %rhel).noarch.rpmOutput:
[root@vps ~]# yum install -y http://repo.almalinux.org/elevate/elevate-release-latest-el$(rpm --eval %rhel).noarch.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:03 ago on Thu 22 Jun 2023 02:17:45 PM UTC.
elevate-release-latest-el8.noarch.rpm 85 kB/s | 9.8 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
elevate-release noarch 1.0-2.el8 @commandline 9.8 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total size: 9.8 k
Installed size: 3.4 k
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : elevate-release-1.0-2.el8.noarch 1/1
Verifying : elevate-release-1.0-2.el8.noarch 1/1
Installed:
elevate-release-1.0-2.el8.noarch
Complete!Install leapp packages and migration data for the OS you want to upgrade,
yum install -y leapp-upgrade leapp-data-rockylinuxOutput:
[root@vps ~]# yum install -y leapp-upgrade leapp-data-rockylinux
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:04 ago on Thu 22 Jun 2023 02:29:16 PM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repo Size
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Installing:
leapp-data-rocky noarch 0.2-2.el8 elevate 57 k
leapp-upgrade-el8toel9 noarch 1:0.16.0-6.el8_6.elevate.13 elevate 640 k
Installing dependencies:
checkpolicy x86_64 2.9-1.el8 baseos 345 k
leapp noarch 0.14.0-1.el8_6 elevate 31 k
leapp-deps noarch 0.14.0-1.el8_6 elevate 14 k
leapp-upgrade-el8toel9-deps noarch 1:0.16.0-6.el8_6.elevate.13 elevate 28 k
pciutils x86_64 3.7.0-3.el8 baseos 104 k
policycoreutils-python-utils
noarch 2.9-24.el8 baseos 253 k
python3-audit x86_64 3.0.7-4.el8 baseos 86 k
python3-chardet noarch 3.0.4-7.el8 baseos 194 k
python3-idna noarch 2.5-5.el8 baseos 96 k
python3-leapp noarch 0.14.0-1.el8_6 elevate 174 k
python3-libsemanage x86_64 2.9-9.el8_6 baseos 127 k
python3-pip noarch 9.0.3-22.el8.rocky.0 appstream 19 k
python3-policycoreutils noarch 2.9-24.el8 baseos 2.2 M
python3-pysocks noarch 1.6.8-3.el8 baseos 33 k
python3-requests noarch 2.20.0-2.1.el8_1 baseos 122 k
python3-setools x86_64 4.3.0-3.el8 baseos 623 k
python3-setuptools noarch 39.2.0-7.el8 baseos 162 k
python3-urllib3 noarch 1.24.2-5.el8 baseos 176 k
python36 x86_64 3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563
appstream 18 k
systemd-container x86_64 239-74.el8_8 baseos 771 k
Enabling module streams:
python36 3.6
Disable Zonedrifting by changing yes to no.
vim /etc/firewalld/firewalld.confchange the following line
AllowZoneDrifting=noNow, Upgrade Rocky Linux 8 to Rocky Linux 9 now and reboot it,
leapp upgrade
rebootOutput:
[root@vps ~]# leapp upgrade
==> Processing phase `configuration_phase`
====> * ipu_workflow_config
IPU workflow config actor
==> Processing phase `FactsCollection`
====> * system_facts
Provides data about many facts from system.
====> * vendor_repositories_mapping
Scan the vendor repository mapping files and provide the data to other actors.
====> * check_enabled_vendor_repos
Create a list of vendors whose repositories are present on the system and enabled.
====> * vendor_repo_signature_scanner
Produce VendorSignatures messages for the vendor signature files inside the
====> * sssd_facts_8to9
Check SSSD configuration for changes in RHEL9 and report them in model.
====> * load_device_driver_deprecation_data
Loads deprecation data for drivers and devices (PCI & CPU)
====> * scandasd
In case of s390x architecture, check whether DASD is used.
====> * udevadm_info
Produces data exported by the "udevadm info" command.
====> * firewalld_collect_used_object_names
This actor reads firewalld's configuration and produces Model
====> * check_custom_network_scripts
Check the existence of custom network-scripts and warn user about possible
====> * transaction_workarounds
Provides additional RPM transaction tasks based on bundled RPM packages.
====> * scan_sap_hana
Gathers information related to SAP HANA instances on the system.
====> * pci_devices_scanner
Provides data about existing PCI Devices.
====> * detect_kernel_drivers
Matches all currently loaded kernel drivers against known deprecated and removed drivers.
====> * scanclienablerepo
architecture. If no, inhibit the upgrade process.
====> * check_se_linux
Check SELinux status and produce decision messages for further action.
====> * checkcpu
Check whether the CPU is supported by the target system. Inhibit upgrade if not.
====> * check_etc_releasever
Check releasever info and provide a guidance based on the facts
====> * check_root_symlinks
Check if the symlinks /bin and /lib are relative, not absolute.
====> * check_yum_plugins_enabled
Checks that the required yum plugins are enabled.
====> * check_rpm_transaction_events
Filter RPM transaction events based on installed RPM packages
====> * check_installed_kernels
Inhibit IPU (in-place upgrade) when installed kernels conflict with a safe upgrade.
====> * check_os_release
Check if the current RHEL minor version is supported. If not, inhibit the upgrade process.
====> * check_non_mount_boot_s390
Inhibits on s390 when /boot is NOT on a separate partition.
====> * efi_check_boot
Adjust EFI boot entry for first reboot
====> * detect_web_servers
Check for a presence of a web server, and produce a warning if one is installed.
====> * check_skip_phase
Skip all the subsequent phases until the report phase.
==> Processing phase `TargetTransactionFactsCollection`
====> * target_userspace_creator
Initializes a directory to be populated as a minimal environment to run binaries from the target system.
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 1.0 MB/s | 1.9 MB 00:01
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream 6.2 MB/s | 7.1 MB 00:01
Rocky Linux 9 - CRB 4.5 MB/s | 2.2 MB 00:00
Rocky Linux 9 - HighAvailability 485 kB/s | 245 kB 00:00
Rocky Linux 9 - ResilientStorage 130 kB/s | 251 kB 00:01
Rocky Linux 9 - Extras 20 kB/s | 10 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
dnf noarch 4.14.0-5.el9_2 rocky9-baseos 468 k
dnf-plugins-core noarch 4.3.0-5.el9_2 rocky9-baseos 36 k
Installing dependencies:
acl x86_64 2.3.1-3.el9 rocky9-baseos 71 k
alternatives x86_64 1.20-2.el9 rocky9-baseos 37 k
audit-libs x86_64 3.0.7-103.el9 rocky9-baseos 116 k
basesystem noarch 11-13.el9 rocky9-baseos 6.9 k
bash x86_64 5.1.8-6.el9_1 rocky9-baseos 1.7 M
bzip2-libs x86_64 1.0.8-8.el9 rocky9-baseos 40 k
ca-certificates noarch 2022.2.54-90.2.el9 rocky9-baseos 823 k
coreutils x86_64 8.32-34.el9 rocky9-baseos 1.1 M
After reboot, You can monitor the upgrade process under your VNC/Console,
We can verify that Rocky Linux 8 has been successfully upgraded to Rocky Linux 9, with the following command,
cat /etc/os-releaseOutput:
[root@vps ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.2"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2032-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"Done! Your server is now running Rocky Linux 9!