Upgrading Debian 7.7 to 8.2

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@smtalk:

Hi, I have live production server, running Debian 7.7 with DA + Custom Build 2.0

I'm planning to upgrade the distro to 8.2, is it safe to do so?

Any particular prerequisite or post-distro-upgrade commands to run?

I hope hearing from you soon.

Thank you.

 

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bummppiieeee..

 

[smtalk]

When you get your OS upgraded, update OS in DirectAdmin license, then update DA manually to replace debian7 binary:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=30

After update of DA, re-install DA components:

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

 

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Thanks smtalk,

I just upgraded my Debian Wheezy 7.7 to Debian Jessie 8.2

All went smooth and perfectly except I had disk space issue which is not related with DirectAdmin.

Here's the footage: https://youtu.be/n4C7LvlSl7c

 

[Arieh]

When you get your OS upgraded, update OS in DirectAdmin license, then update DA manually to replace debian7 binary:
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=30

After update of DA, re-install DA components:

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

I've just updated a box from 7 to 8, updated DA license, now I'm trying to follow your steps.

I did ./build update, then I did ./build versions just to check; I see normal output, except for the end:

Latest version of phpMyAdmin: 4.8.2-all-languages
Installed version of phpMyAdmin: 4.8.2-all-languages

./build: 1133: [: Illegal number: exim
./build: 1138: [: Illegal number: exim
./build: 1146: [: Illegal number: chunking
./build: 1151: [: Illegal number: chunking
If you want to update all the available versions run: ./build update_versions

Any idea what causes this?

Edit: Exim to 4.91 update is available.

It seems it can't determine Exim version.

 

[smtalk]

That's why "./build all" is recommended before that Please try "./build all", then "./build versions" and let us know if you see the same problem.

 

[Arieh]

I was just thinking that also thanks, I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't mess up all services.

 

[Arieh]

Ran into some issues with Failed to get D-Bus connection: Unknown error -1

But fixed it by installing systemd-sysv and rebooting (https://superuser.com/a/1176597)

 

[Arieh]

Just some extra's for future reference:

- (MySQL backup) Had to add "socket=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysql.sock" under [mysqldump] in /etc/my.cnf; ( https://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=140 did not work, possible because I have [mysqldump] in /etc/my.cnf (?))
- (CSF) Had to change SYSTEMCTL path in csf.conf: SYSTEMCTL = "/bin/systemctl"