Preface


This document provides instructions on how to convert your operating system from the following Linux distributions to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9:

  • Alma Linux
  • CentOS Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Rocky Linux

The conversion is performed by the Convert2RHEL utility.

Note

The conversion from Scientific Linux to RHEL is not currently supported by Red Hat. For information about an unsupported conversion, see How to perform an unsupported conversion from a RHEL-derived Linux distribution to RHEL.

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