[BlueOnyx:25206] Easy Migrate 5210R from 5208R

[Darren Shea]

Michael,
     I took your advice, and I'm going forward with installing a new 5210R
system with the intention of migrating my 5208R, instead oof waiting for
5211R. The very first section is "Server Preparation", and I'm trying to do
the "ssh-copy-id" step so the new system can log into the old one. I just
get errors, everytime.

Typing the command as suggested - "ssh-copy-id root at 10.x.x.y" where 10.x.x.y
is the address of the source, just gets me "/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: No
identities found"

Ok, I'll run ssh-keygen first, then try it again...

/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are
prompted now it is to install the new keys
root at 10.x.x.y's password: (I put in the correct password and hit enter)
Permission denied, please try again.

Am I missing something important? Are there steps I missed? They don't seem
to be listed on the https://www.blueonyx.it/easy-migrate page...

-----Original Message-----
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 11:34:28 -0500
From: Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it>
To: blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it
Subject: [BlueOnyx:25195] Re: RedHat 9 Beta released - BlueOnyx 5211R
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Hi Darren,

>      Will there be migration guides available for 5208R to 5211R at
launch?
> This seems like a way to resolve my Let'sEncrypt issues and help 
> future proof our outdated system...

When 5211R comes out, Easy-Migrate will allow you to import from supported
BlueOnyx platforms to it. That means 5209R and 5210R.

I'll make no guarantees that you can still use it to migrate from 5208R
directly to 5211R, although it probably will work.

5207R/5208R is so long out of support that it makes little sense for me to
still take it into consideration in anything new I do.

And 5211R is still long in the tooth. We don't know when RedHat Enterprise
Linux 9 will be out. And we don't know when an AlmaLinux 9 or RockyLinux 9
based on that RHEL9 will be out.

My guess? RHEL9 release is perhaps in February/March 2022 and the
AlmaLinux/RockyLinux 9 are released 1-3 months later. As soon as that
happens, I'll start officially releasing the first builds of BlueOnyx 5211R
and ISO images for it.

And like any time a brand new BlueOnyx comes out, the first couple of weeks
we'll see various hickups and rushed "last minute fixes" to tackle stuff
that didn't crop up during testing wile it was still in development.

So best case scenario is that 5211R is out and usable in April/May 2022.

If you still have a 5208R running, then please DO NOT WAIT THAT LONG.
Really.

I'd highly recommend to use Easy-Migrate to migrate off the 5208R straight
to a new box running 5210R on AlmaLinux. It doesn't get any easier than that
and the instructions for it are available here:

https://www.blueonyx.it/easy-migrate

If you need any help with the migration, then I'd be glad to lend a hand.