==== Virtual Box running CentOS8 Stream ====

[[https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates | Support Lifecycle]]

[[http://lampblogs.com/blog/how-to-migrate-from-centos-8-to-centos-stream]]

[[https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/]]

Converting from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream:

  root@centos-linux# dnf install centos-release-stream

  root@centos-linux# dnf --allowerasing distro-sync

  root@centos-stream# cat /etc/centos-release
  CentOS Stream release 8
  
**Other Notes**

__9 September 2021__

[[https://forums.centos.org/viewtopic.php?t=75388|Fix slow dnf updates]]

Add these 2 lines to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

  fastestmirror=1
  max_parallel_downloads=8

__5 April 2021__

Migrated VM #1 and it had to remove the following:
  ImageMagick-c++-devel 
  ImageMagick-devel
  OpenEXR-devel
  ilmbase-devel 
  libgs-devel  
  libreoffice-sdk 
  
VM #2 also removed the following:
  NetworkManager-libnm-devel
 
**New install notes**
  * Copy contents of [[yum_installer_bash_script_centos8S|dnf installer bash script (CentOS 8 Stream)]] to a .bash script and test
  * When installing a new VM, disable selinux