How to Upgrade from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9 using Leapp

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If you would like to upgrade from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9, please bookmark this article as a reference to guide you to documentation, tools, and troubleshooting that you will need to complete the upgrade.

RHEL 8 Lifecycle

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 8 and 9 delivers a ten year life cycle in Full Support and Maintenance Support Phases followed by an Extended Life Phase.In addition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 customers may purchase annual Add-on subscriptions called Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) to extend limited subscription services beyond the Maintenance Support Phase.

Start the RHEL Upgrade Process with LEAPP

Leapp is the supported tool for in-place RHEL upgrades. Leapp allows customers to retain the original subscription (that is attached to the system), system configurations, and custom repositories and 3rd party application. Leapp is only supported for some upgrade paths.

Red Hat also offers interactive tools to help you evaluate how to begin:

Ensuring continual support while upgrading from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9

In order to continue to receive support from Red Hat, please review and comply with the RHEL In Place Upgrade Support Policy.

You must have valid and tested backups in place prior to attempting the In-Place Upgrade.

Creating backups is described in documentation about system backup and recovery.

When to consider more help

Red Hat offers additional help for users who are tasked with an upgrade:

  • If you are new to RHEL, please consider making time in your upgrade schedule for training. Red Hat offers training on upgrading and migrating RHEL.
  • If you have a Technical Account Manager, they may be able to help you through the first stages of your upgrade. Please do not hesitate to reach out to them.
  • If you are working on a large, enterprise installation and are under a tight deadline, you may want to consider consulting to help expedite your upgrade.

Key references during your upgrade

Getting Started

Documentation

Scenarios

Troubleshooting, FAQs, and Other Information

Extended Life Support

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