Application knowledge First, you need knowledge about your application. At least one person has to know it very well. If nobody knows the application, you will need a lot of time to answer these questions:
Is it stateless or stateful? A stateful application means it changes depending on users actions. For example, an app storing files that are created by the user’s action in the files System will be stateful.
The impact of the answer is big, the migration of a stateless application is much easier than the migration of a stateful one. In the case of a stateless service, you have to do nothing.
In the other case (stateful application), you need to know which files are stateful and where they are stored on the filesystem. Therefore, someone who has a good knowledge about the application is mandatory.
Then, 2 choices are possible:……
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