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Upgrade Fedora Instance to latest release

1. Backup Your System and Update dnf utility Before doing anything, it is recommended to take a backup of system, which can be used for restoring if anything goes wrong. Then after that update `dnf` utility and ensure that you've latest packages for existing version. sudo dnf upgrade  In case you don't have dnf installed execute: #yum install dnf 2. Install dnf upgrade plugin Next step is to install dnf upgrade plugin, a plugin used for using system upgrade. This can be done using following command. sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade 3. Download Update Packages using dnf When dnf plugin installation is complete, download update packages required for system upgrade using following command. sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=23 --best This step will take some time as it involves downloading all packages required for system upgrade. 4. Reboot System and Upgrade Now, reboot your system to start upgrade activity. This can be done