Hello fellow FreeBSD users,
I've already upgraded 2 FreeBSD servers which I manage from the 8.0 to the 8.1 release.
I always use freebsd-upgrade for this.
I do have another server which runs a few jails which I manage with ezjail for easy management.
I've kept it updated on patches using freebsd-update for the host and ezjail-admin install -u (which calls freebsd-update) for the jails.
Now I would like to update my jails and base system to 8.1.
I've been trying to find the correct procedure to do this using binary updates.
I've looked in the ezjail-admin script and I don't think it can be used to update to a new release.
Unfortunately, I've found conflicting information on the internet as to what is exactly the correct and safe procedure (for a binary update).
Some sources claim I need to re-install the base jail, but that seems strange to me.
I've found a source that claims I need to upgrade the base system and then the jails.
But this conflicts with what I found on the freebsd mailing list:
http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-jail@freebsd.org/msg01006.html
This seems more logical to me. But that means I would need to update my jails first and then the base OS ? That also means I can't use ezjail-admin to update since it won't accept a release version, or I need to change the output of uname as suggested on the mailing list.
Can anyone shed some light into this subject ?
Kind Regards,
Tom
I've already upgraded 2 FreeBSD servers which I manage from the 8.0 to the 8.1 release.
I always use freebsd-upgrade for this.
I do have another server which runs a few jails which I manage with ezjail for easy management.
I've kept it updated on patches using freebsd-update for the host and ezjail-admin install -u (which calls freebsd-update) for the jails.
Now I would like to update my jails and base system to 8.1.
I've been trying to find the correct procedure to do this using binary updates.
I've looked in the ezjail-admin script and I don't think it can be used to update to a new release.
Unfortunately, I've found conflicting information on the internet as to what is exactly the correct and safe procedure (for a binary update).
Some sources claim I need to re-install the base jail, but that seems strange to me.
I've found a source that claims I need to upgrade the base system and then the jails.
But this conflicts with what I found on the freebsd mailing list:
http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-jail@freebsd.org/msg01006.html
This seems more logical to me. But that means I would need to update my jails first and then the base OS ? That also means I can't use ezjail-admin to update since it won't accept a release version, or I need to change the output of uname as suggested on the mailing list.
Can anyone shed some light into this subject ?
Kind Regards,
Tom