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Migrate CentOS 8 Stream to AlmaLinux 8

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https://wiki.almalinux.org/documentation/migration-guide

Update CentOS 8 Stream

sudo dnf update -y

Download and run the almalinux-deploy script

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlmaLinux/almalinux-deploy/master/almalinux-deploy.sh
sudo bash almalinux-deploy.sh -d

You’ll need to run with the -d “downgrade” option if you are migrating from CentOS 8 Stream. https://github.com/AlmaLinux/almalinux-deploy/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#roadmap

You may need to remove packages if there are conflicts. On one instance, there were issues and I needed to remove grafana and llvm-compat-libs. 

sudo yum remove grafana llvm-compat-libs

After those errors are fixed, rerun.

sudo bash almalinux-deploy.sh -d

Once the script finishes

sudo reboot

Once it comes back up, check the Linux version

cat /etc/*release

Example output

AlmaLinux release 8.9 (Midnight Oncilla)
AlmaLinux release 8.9 (Midnight Oncilla)
NAME="AlmaLinux"
VERSION="8.9 (Midnight Oncilla)"
ID="almalinux"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.9"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 8.9 (Midnight Oncilla)"

Find UniFi Network Cloud Inform URL

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What is the format for the UniFi Network Cloud inform URL?

The format for the UniFi inform URL should be similar to the following

a38927b1-23aa-e95d-94b4-8394abce9302.unifi-hosting.ui.com

Now Where is the UniFi Cloud Inform Link?

The inform URL is supposed to be on the cloud console page. However, it appears that it doesn’t show the link if you are not Owner.

Web Development Tools to the rescue!

On the UniFi console page, click on “About this Console”

Open up the Web Tools, Click on the Network tab, make sure that you have the Domain column enabled.

Refresh the page.

Look for the Domain that matches the UniFi Cloud URL format.

Example: a38927b1-23aa-e95d-94b4-8394abce9302.unifi-hosting.ui.com

You can confirm this is the correct URL by browsing to it directly. It should redirect to your cloud instance.

Extra tip: If you are migrating from a UniFi Console (CloudKey, UDM, DreamMachine) to UniFi Cloud, you can restore a backup of your CloudKey (Or other console) and then use the Host Inform Override option (from CloudKey) to tell all the devices on the network to connect to the cloud instance. May need to reboot or force provision.

https://community.ui.com/questions/Unifi-Controller-Migration-Question/a49914df-f770-4c2d-a0e4-143d6314c9a4

Migrate LibreNMS to new Server

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Some quick notes on manually moving LibreNMS to a new server.  For more detailed instructions you can refer to the following post

Recovering LibreNMS from crashed XenServer VM

Steps

  1. Backup /opt/librenms file
  2. Backup librenms database
  3. Install LibreNMS on new server
  4. Import /opt/librenms files
  5. Import librenms database

Backing up LibreNMS files

LibreNMS stores all it’s files in /opt/librenms
Quick and easy way to back up the LibreNMS files is to use tar.

tar zcvf librenms_backup.tgz /opt/librenms

Migrating Database

I believe you can copy the whole /var/lib/mysql directory.  Should be able to use the above command.  If not you can do a mysqldump and then import it on the new system.