Ubuntu dist update

[damador]

currently using Ubuntu 20.04.5 but there is a new LTS version 22.04.1 LTS

how can i upgrade distro and keep DA settings etc

found the instruction for debian https://forum.directadmin.com/threads/debian-8-to-debian-9-to-debian-10.63891/#post-332253 but iam not sure if it will work for ubuntu base

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build exim

CHANNEL=current
OS_SLUG=linux_amd64
COMMIT=$(dig +short -t txt "$CHANNEL-version.directadmin.com" | sed 's|.*commit=\([0-9a-f]*\).*|\1|')
FILE="directadmin_${COMMIT}_${OS_SLUG}.tar.gz"
curl --location --progress-bar --connect-timeout 10 "https://download.directadmin.com/${FILE}" --output "/root/${FILE}"
tar xzf "/root/${FILE}" -C /usr/local/directadmin
/usr/local/directadmin/directadmin permissions || true
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/update.sh
service directadmin restart

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update; ./build all d
reboot

 

[wtptrs]

In my experience, upgrading Ubuntu and DA is not as straightforward as upgrading Debian and DA. Note that we switched from Ubuntu to Debian a few years ago, so I haven't tried the 20 to 22 upgrade. You can always try (be sure to take a snapshot backup) but best practice would be to install a fresh Ubuntu 22 instance and migrate your accounts.

Also be aware that Ubuntu 22 comes with Openssl 3.0, so this might break some stuff as well.