How to migrate machines from one MAAS server to another (both in same lab)

[nateybobo]

I’ve never done this, but it might be possible to move the MAAS “A” rack controller to the MAAS “B” region controller. See: https://maas.io/docs/snap/2.8/ui/rack-controllers#heading--unregister-a-rack-controller

You might run into the same frustration I had when trying to migrate VMs between MAAS nodes: it might auto commission the machine for you.

Is there a way to skip auto commissioning?

I REALLY hate the auto-commissioning feature in MaaS. If I add a VM on a KVM pod outside of MaaS (ie. virt-manager), and then refresh the pod, it automatically commissions the VM. If I add a machine manually, it also automatically commissions it. I just want to be able to opt-out of it before MaaS decides to shutdown the machine and start commissioning. A solution would be to add an option to skip commissioning and label the system something like “non-MaaS” where you could only really use the…