Migrating a Standalone Autonomous Linux Instance to the OS Management Service

Use the alx-migrate utility to migrate standalone Autonomous Linux instances to the OS Management service.

When running the alx-migrate utility, you are prompted to accept the terms of use for the OS Management service. To automatically accept the terms, run the alx-migrate script with the --accept-terms (or -a) option.

sudo alx-migrate --accept-terms

During a successful migration, the alx-migrate utility removes the al-config RPM package, as this package is no longer needed. After migration, the Autonomous Linux service is used to manage autonomous settings instead of the al-config utility. For more information, see Managing Autonomous Linux Settings.

If you have private yum repositories, the alx-migrate utility displays a note indicating that Private Yum repositories are not monitored or managed by the OS Management service. When running the utility, private yum repositories are automatically added to the /etc/oracle-cloud-agent/plugins/osms/ignored_repos.conf file, which prevents the OS Management Service Agent plugin from overwriting the settings for those repositories. For more information about the ignore_repos.conf file, see Ignoring Private Repositories.

The following example shows how to run the alx-migrate utility with the --accept-terms (-a) option.

$ sudo alx-migrate --accept-terms
TERMS OF USE FOR THE OS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
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Your use of the OS Management service is governed by the terms of Your agreement
with Oracle applicable to the services (the "Terms").  As part of the OS
Management service, Oracle may collect data including, but not limited to,
kernel configurations, log files and security settings.  You may access more
information about the data that Oracle may collect at

https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/os-management/osms/alx-events.htm#alx-about-collected-information

Collection of such data will be handled in accordance with the Terms and the
Oracle General Privacy Policy.

By answering "yes", you acknowledge the Terms and Your agreement, as an
authorized representative of Your company or organization (if being acquired for
use by an entity) or as an individual, to comply with the Terms.  If You are not
willing to be bound by the Terms with respect to the OS Management service,
answer "no" and do not access the OS Management service.
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You accepted the Terms of Use for the OS Management service with '--accept-terms'.

Checking for Oracle Cloud Agent plugins.
Checking for required IAM policies.
Checking for Always Free instance.

Starting migration.
The next Daily Autonomous Updates start time: Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 20:04:22 UTC
Generating custom config file for migration.
Migration data has been added to '/etc/oracle-cloud-agent/plugins/oci-alx/custom-config.yml'.
Private Yum repository configuration files found:
  - al-infra.appad1iad.osdevelopmeniad.oraclevcn.com_alx-repo_.repo
Note: Private Yum repositories are not monitored or managed by the OS Management service.
Removing al-config package.
warning: /etc/al-config/al.conf saved as /etc/al-config/al.conf.rpmsave
Installing alx-utils package.
Initializing Oracle Autonomous Linux.
Restarted abrtd systemd service.
Initialized Oracle Autonomous Linux.
Starting alx service.
Restarting the Oracle Cloud Agent.
Waiting for the OS Management Service Agent plugin to start.
OS Management Service Agent plugin is running.
Waiting for Oracle Autonomous Linux plugin to start.
Oracle Autonomous Linux plugin is running.
Waiting for the instance to be registered with the OS Management service.
The instance has been registered with the OS Management service.
Waiting for the instance to check in with the Oracle Autonomous Linux service.
The instance has checked in with the Oracle Autonomous Linux service.
Validating scheduled job.
Validated scheduled job.
Waiting for standard Yum channels to be enabled with the OS Management service.
Standard Yum channels have been enabled:
  - Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)
  - Oracle Linux 7Server Add ons (x86_64)
  - Ksplice for Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)
  - Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64)
  - Oracle Software for OCI users on Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)
  - Oracle Linux 7Server Optional Latest (x86_64)
  - Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)
  - Ksplice aware userspace packages for Oracle Linux 7Server (x86_64)

Migration to the Oracle Autonomous Linux service is completed!

For more information, please visit the following links:
  - https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/oracle-linux/autonomous-linux/index.htm
  - https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/os-management/osms/alx-index.htm
  - https://docs.oracle.com/iaas/os-management/osms/alx-migrate.htm