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Getting started with Migrate for Anthos

With Migrate for Anthos, you can migrate your VMs from supported source platforms to:

Use the sections described below to get started migrating virtual machines (VMs) to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using Migrate for Anthos.

Get started with a quickstart

Use the quickstart to migrate a simple Compute Engine VM. This introduces you to the basic steps you'd perform for most Linux migrations.

For an introduction to the value of Migrate for Anthos, as well as high-level views, see the following topics:

For the benefits of migrating to GKE with Migrate for Anthos, see Benefits of Migrate for Anthos.
For more on how Migrate for Anthos performs migrations, see Architecture.
For a look at the high-level steps and who typically performs them, see Your migration journey to GKE.

For a complete step-by-step tutorial on the migration process, see the hands-on labs:

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Last updated 2020-11-18 UTC.