Process to migrate a customer instance from Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 to Windows Server 2022. The process involves the following steps
- Backing up the old instance (Database/IIS/Nginx)
- Creating a new AMI using packer with all requird tools and applications
- Restoring the backed up data onto a new server AMI
- Creating the new instance with the old Elastic IP, tags, Instance type
Syntax | Description | Type | Required |
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Region | The AWS region for the AMI Build | String | Yes |
Name | Application or Server name | String | Yes |
Source | Source of backup, This could be a S3 bucket or a Network Location | String | Yes |