OS Upgrades on FusionPBX 4.4.1

[kobus.morgan]

Hi Guys,

Hope someone can help me out.

I am running FusionPBX 4.4.1 on Debian 8.11 server and need to do normal OS update / upgrade in order to be in line with all the necessary security patches.

Has anyone ever had a problem where you "apt-get upgrade" caused issues with FS and Postgres?

Thanks
Kobus

 

[hfoster]

It's possible, but you have to keep a close eye on the FreeSwitch version bumps you seem to get. I recall one of mine jumped from 1. 6 to 1.10 so I had to work through some module stuff to get it functional again. You also have to keep a close eye on the PHP and pgsql logs for bad queries too. I've had a few times where the xml_cdr.php import went awry.

Some people usually just recommend building a fresh one on the latest recommended OS (which appears to be Ubuntu 20.04 now!) and restoring from a database dump, plus all the extras like recordings and voicemails.

Whatever you do, make sure you can restore from a snapshot or a backup.

 

[kobus.morgan]

Thank you hfoster.

Just to add. I found the following command that kinda shows me what the upgrade will do:

~$ apt-get -s dist-upgrade | grep "^Inst"
Inst libnuma1 (2.0.10-1 Debian:8.11/oldstable [amd64])
Inst linux-image-3.16.0-6-amd64 (3.16.56-1+deb8u1 Debian:8.11/oldstable [amd64])
Inst firmware-linux-free (3.3 Debian:8.11/oldstable [all])
Inst linux-image-amd64 [3.16+63] (3.16+63+deb8u2 Debian:8.11/oldstable [amd64])
Inst irqbalance (1.0.6-3+deb8u1 Debian:8.11/oldstable [amd64])

The following NEW packages will be installed:
firmware-linux-free irqbalance libnuma1 linux-image-3.16.0-6-amd64
The following packages will be upgraded:
linux-image-amd64
~$

Luckily it doesnt look like it will be upgrading some of the major ones likes postgres and freeswitch.

Just want to make sure that it will be fine if I update that firmware and the kernel upgrade?

Thanks

 

[hfoster]

I'm pretty confident that should be fine.

 

[kobus.morgan]

So just to add....

It has now become a bit more complicated. I will effectively be doing OS-Release upgrades. This is due to these servers being to far behind to really have them comply with ISO standards.

Any advise on upgrade from Debian 8 would be appreciated?

Thanks
Kobus

 

[hfoster]

Same concept applies really. Try a backup and restoration first, ensure you can recover.

Then go for the upgrade.