Migration prerequisites

Before you begin the migration process, complete the following steps to ensure a smooth and secure transition:

  • Confirm that you have administrative access to both the source environments (MSR 2.x and MSR 3.x) and the target environment (MSR 4.x).

  • Verify that your system meets the installation prerequisites for MSR 4.

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    The following hardware requirements outline the resources that must be available on the worker node to run MSR 4 services effectively.

    Resource

    Minimum

    Recommended

    CPU

    2 CPU

    4 CPU

    RAM

    4 GB

    8 GB

    Disk

    40 GB

    160 GB

    The following software requirements must be met to run the MSR 4 workload successfully.

    Software

    Version and Comment

    Kubernetes

    1.21+

    HELM

    3.7+

    Redis

    If remote and not a part of the deployment

    PostgreSQL

    If remote and not a part of the deployment

    Certain services will be exposed through the following ports. These ports must be accessible and configured correctly in the firewall.

    Port

    Protocol

    Description

    80

    HTTP

    The Harbor portal and core API accept HTTP requests on this port. You can change this port in the configuration file.

    443

    HTTPS

    The Harbor portal and core API accept HTTPS requests on this port. You can change this port in the configuration file.

  • Ensure that the target system has sufficient storage capacity to accommodate all migrated artifacts.

  • Perform a full backup of existing data to prevent any data loss: