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Deprecated warning in AWS EB version recommended to upgrade to same version


I have a deprecation warning in my ElasticBeanstalk environments, but when I go to change the platform, the current version of the platform and the recommended one are the same, so I don't know how to remove the deprecation warning.

Deprecation warnings

Upgrade version

The environments are running Java 8 on 64bit Amazon Linux 2.11.9.


Solution

  • Your current platform is Java 8 on 64bit Amazon Linux 2.11.9, made deprecated at the end of June 2021. What's more this is Amazon Linux 1 (AL1) platform. The current versions are only based on AL2:

    • 64bit Amazon Linux 2 v3.2.2 running Corretto 11
    • 64bit Amazon Linux 2 v4.2.2 running Tomcat 8.5 Corretto 11

    Sadly, there is no automated migration from AL1 to AL2. There is too much braking changes between the two. You have to manually port your app to AL2 based EB platforms as described in: