New EC2 Instance RHEL 8 off of old EC2 instance RHEL 7

[vshaik]

Hello,

we have an EC2 instance built on RHEL 7 but we need to rebuild a new EC2 instance using RHEL 8 using all the users, applications, cron jobs and data from the old instance.
Is it possible? Can I create an Image based on what I have on the RHEL 7 and use that Image to create a new Instance on RHEL 8?

Thanks
Vali

 

[f33dm3bits]

Hire someone to do it for you.

 

[vshaik]

rephrased my question

 

[dos2unix]

If it was me, clone/backup your existing instance.

Upgrading from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Red Hat Customer Portal

This document provides instructions on how to perform an in-place upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using the Leapp utility. During the in-place upgrade, the existing RHEL 7 operating system is replaced by a RHEL 8 version.

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Do an in-place upgrade from 7 to 8.

 

[vshaik]

thank you

 

[f33dm3bits]

rephrased my question

You made it sound like you wanted someone to write out word for word how to do it for you.

 

[f33dm3bits]

If it was me, clone/backup your existing instance.
Do an in-place upgrade from 7 to 8.

I would have done the same. I doubt that someone that has a Rhel system running and hadn't thought of that themselves will be able to do an in place upgrade.