[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] faq: add upgrade point

Dominik Csapak d.csapak at proxmox.com
Tue May 29 09:01:59 CEST 2018


looks good, one nitpick inline

On 05/28/2018 03:39 PM, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
> add a short FAQ point regarding upgrades (minor and major), with
> anchor so that we can link better to it, e.g., from a EOL notice.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht at proxmox.com>
> ---
>   pve-faq.adoc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/pve-faq.adoc b/pve-faq.adoc
> index c29c7b9..f5547ab 100644
> --- a/pve-faq.adoc
> +++ b/pve-faq.adoc
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ CPU.
>   It is not limited to Linux guests but allows arbitrary operating systems
>   to run.
>   
> +[[faq-support-table]]
>   How long will my {pve} version be supported?::
>   
>   {pve} versions are supported at least as long as the corresponding
> @@ -92,6 +93,33 @@ recommended.
>   | {pve} 1.x     | Debian 5 (Lenny)  | 2008-10       | 2012-03    | 2013-01
>   |===========================================================
>   
> +[[faq-upgrade]]
> +How can I upgrade {pve} to the next release?::
> +
> +Minor version upgrades, for example upgrading from {pve} in version 5.1
> +to 5.2, can be done just like any normal update, either through the Web
> +GUI __Node -> Updates__ panel or through the CLI with:
> ++
> +----
> +apt update
> +apt full-upgrade
> +----

in the remaining documentation, we always use 'apt-get'
(e.g. apt-get dist-upgrade), i would like to always use the same
though i am more in favor to change every other occurrence to apt
rather than change this to apt-get, what do you think?

> ++
> +NOTE: Always ensure you correctly setup the
> +xref:sysadmin_package_repositories[package repositories] and only
> +continue with the actual upgrade if `apt update` did not hit any error.
> ++
> +Major version upgrades, for example going from {pve} 4.4 to 5.0, are
> +also supported. They must be carefully planned and tested and should
> +*never* be started without having a current backup ready.
> +Although the specific upgrade steps depend on your respective setup, we
> +provide general instructions and advice of how a upgrade should be
> +performed:
> ++
> +* https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_4.x_to_5.0[Upgrade from {pve} 4.x to 5.0]
> +
> +* https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_3.x_to_4.0[Upgrade from {pve} 3.x to 4.0]
> +
>   LXC vs LXD vs Proxmox Containers vs Docker::
>   
>   LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment
> 





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