Best Answer: How Do I Update Amazon Linux?
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How do I update my OS on AWS Linux?

To update an instance’s Amazon Linux version, do one of the following:

  1. For online instances, run the Upgrade Operating System stack command. …
  2. For offline Amazon Elastic Block Store-backed (EBS-backed) instances, start the instances and run Upgrade Operating System, as described in the preceding statement.

How do I update Amazon Linux to Linux 2?

To migrate to Amazon Linux 2, launch an instance or create a virtual machine using the current image. Install your application on Amazon Linux 2, plus any packages required by your application. Test your application, and make any changes required for it to run on Amazon Linux 2.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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