Installing Migration Toolkit on AlmaLinux 8 or Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 v55

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation process:

  • Set up the repository Setting up the repository is a one-time task. If you have already set up your repository, you do not need to perform this step.

    To set up the repository, go to EDB repositories and follow the instructions provided there.

  • Address other prerequisites

    #  Install the EPEL repository:
    sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
    
    #  Enable additional repositories to resolve dependencies:
    ARCH=$( /bin/arch ) subscription-manager repos --enable "codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-${ARCH}-rpms"

Install the package

sudo dnf -y install edb-migrationtoolkit

Initial configuration

Before invoking Migration Toolkit, you must download and install JDBC drivers for connecting to the source and target databases. See Installing a JDBC driver for details.