Task-1 Getting Started

To participate in the Migration Factory workshop you must:

  • Have a laptop which will allow you to RDP a Bastion host
  • Be familiar with the AWS console
  • Be familiar with Application Migration Service (MGN)

If you have any questions or need help with this lab, please feel free to contact us large-migration-tiger-team@amazon.com


Terminology table

Term Description
Bastion Host Also known as Migration Automation Server. It is a Windows server to host and run all the automation scripts
MGN Also known as AWS Application Migration Service, a lift and shift solution to rehost servers to EC2 https://aws.amazon.com/application-migration-service/
Migration Factory An AWS solution to automate and migrate servers to AWS at scale. https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/aws-cloudendure-migration-factory-solution/
Wave Also known as Migration wave, it is a group of apps and servers with the same migration schedule