How migrate to AlmaLinux from CentOS 8 (Unofficial)

AlmaLinux beta is already available!

This is not a migration recommended by the AlamaLinux team, it is just an unofficial way to migrate to AlmaLinux from CentOS 8.

Attention, before migrating to AlmaLinux, back up important data from CentOS!

$ sudo dnf update -y
$ sudo reboot
#CentOS desktop system
$ sudo rpm -e --nodeps centos-backgrounds centos-indexhtml centos-gpg-keys centos-linux-release centos-linux-repos centos-logos
#CentOS server with no GUI
$ sudo rpm -e --nodeps centos-gpg-keys centos-linux-release centos-linux-repos
#download and install AlmaLinux
$ sudo rpm -ivh https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.3-beta/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/almalinux-release-8.3-2.el8.x86_64.rpm

here is the result:

Retrieving https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8.3-beta/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/almalinux-release-8.3-2.el8.x86_64.rpm
 warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.R3ZO5W: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID c21ad6ea: NOKEY
 Verifying…                                                            (################################# [100%]
 Preparing…                                                            (################################# [100%]
 Updating / installing…
    1:almalinux-release-8.3-2.el8                                        (################################# [100%

migrate to AlmaLinux from the CentOS 8 system using the command:

sudo dnf distro-sync -y

after the migration is complete, restart the system:

$ sudo reboot

Verify that the migration process was successful:

$ cat /etc/redhat-release AlmaLinux release 8.3 Beta (Purple Manul)