FreeBSD 11 Package Archive

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arious

Hello

I have some inherited FreeBSD 11 servers which I'm trying to get ready for an upgrade to FreeBSD 12, however, it appears that the FreeBSD packages have been removed. (http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/ return 404)

These servers are still running 11.2. How do I go about upgrading them to version 12?

Many Thanks
Arious
 
Thanks for the reply. Two quick questions.

Can I reliably run this without upgrading packages? (Will existing software work after reboot?)
Will my jails (ezjail-admin) upgrade correctly too?

Thanks
 
arious said:
Can I reliably run this without upgrading packages? (Will existing software work after reboot?)
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After a major version upgrade all installed ports/packages will need to be reinstalled.

arious said:
Will my jails (ezjail-admin) upgrade correctly too?
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Upgrade the host first. Then upgrade the jails (see ezjail-admin(8)). You can leave the 'old' version running in the jail, that should be fine. But eventually you'll want to keep them in sync with the host.
 
After a major version upgrade all installed ports/packages will need to be reinstalled.
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Understood, but will the currently installed software continue to work after the reboot?
 
BTW. I want to thank you for your fast and very helpful responses so far. It's very much appreciated.
 
You have to run freebsd-update install a total of three times. The third run removes all the old libraries, from that point on 11.x binaries will stop working. If you want to keep compatibility with 11 binaries on an 12 system you can install misc/compat11x. But you really should update your packages and replace them with ones compiled for 12.

And, this is a dead-giveaway for seasoned admins, test the upgrade on a test server first. So you know beforehand what you're getting into when you upgrade your production systems. You don't want to face issues on production systems with your boss breathing down your neck.
 
As an add-on, OP can try and make a case for cloning the production server's hard drive into a VM or another HDD that they can play with.

I personally recommend upgrading to latest supported version of FreeBSD (i.e. 13.1-RELEASE), if OP's situation allows for that.
 
arious said:
11.2
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<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.4R/installation/#upgrade-binary> "… Systems running 11.2-RELEASE can upgrade …"

<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.3R/installation/#upgrade-binary> "… Systems running 11.4-RELEASE can upgrade …"

<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.1R/installation/#upgrade-binary> "… Systems running 12.3-RELEASE can upgrade …"

arious said:

FreeBSD 11 Package Archive​

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Not that you'll need it, if you perform the major upgrade(s) of the operating system, but for the benefit of other readers:

<https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ur8us6/-/i8vysp6/>
 
You could probably re-build the FreeBSD 11 packages by getting the git snapshot of ports when 11 was last supported, but that's probably more work than upgrading to 12.
 
grahamperrin said:
<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.4R/installation/#upgrade-binary> "… Systems running 11.2-RELEASE can upgrade …"

<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.3R/installation/#upgrade-binary> "… Systems running 11.4-RELEASE can upgrade …"

<https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.1R/installation/#upgrade-binary> "… Systems running 12.3-RELEASE can upgrade …"



Not that you'll need it, if you perform the major upgrade(s) of the operating system, but for the benefit of other readers:

<https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/ur8us6/-/i8vysp6/>
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Thank you for this info
 
I'm writing to ask further questions please.

I want to test this upgrade procedure so that I am very comfortable with it before I do it on my production servers.

How can I go about setting up a virtual machine of FreeBSD 11.x when the packages are no longer available?

I cannot install the software from ports because this is not how it's done in production.

Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated.
 
Quick update for anyone else who reads this. I updated /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf with this:

Code: 
FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://ftp.cn.debian.org/freebsd-pkg/${ABI}/latest",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

I was then able to install packages.
 
Now I'm having trouble installing ezjail.

Bash: 
root@freebsd-test:~ # ezjail-admin install
fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshot/amd64/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/amd64/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/snapshots/amd64/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/amd64/amd64/11.2-RELEASE/base.txz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)

Could not fetch base from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org.
  Maybe your release (11.2-RELEASE) is specified incorrectly or the host ftp.freebsd.org does not provide that release build.
  Use the -r option to specify an existing release or the -h option to specify an alternative ftp server.
Querying your ftp-server... The ftp server you specified (ftp.freebsd.org) seems to provide the following builds:
lrwxr-xr-x    1 ftp      ftp            18 Dec 06 21:02 12.3-RELEASE -> amd64/12.3-RELEASE
lrwxr-xr-x    1 ftp      ftp            18 Apr 13  2021 13.0-RELEASE -> amd64/13.0-RELEASE
lrwxr-xr-x    1 ftp      ftp            18 May 15 17:09 13.1-RELEASE -> amd64/13.1-RELEASE
-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp           637 Nov 23  2005 README.TXT
drwxr-xr-x    6 ftp      ftp             6 May 16 20:41 amd64
 
I managed to install ezjail using the following command:

ezjail-admin install -h http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/
 
SirDice said:
You have to run freebsd-update install a total of three times. The third run removes all the old libraries, from that point on 11.x binaries will stop working. If you want to keep compatibility with 11 binaries on an 12 system you can install misc/compat11x. But you really should update your packages and replace them with ones compiled for 12.

And, this is a dead-giveaway for seasoned admins, test the upgrade on a test server first. So you know beforehand what you're getting into when you upgrade your production systems. You don't want to face issues on production systems with your boss breathing down your neck.
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Where is it documented that freebsd-update install needs to be run three times?
 
docs.freebsd.org

Chapter 26. Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD

Information about how to keep a FreeBSD system up-to-date with freebsd-update or Git, how to rebuild and reinstall the entire base system, etc
docs.freebsd.org docs.freebsd.org

"The upgrade is now complete. If this was a major version upgrade, reinstall all ports and packages as described in Upgrading Packages After a Major Version Upgrade."

docs.freebsd.org

Chapter 26. Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD

Information about how to keep a FreeBSD system up-to-date with freebsd-update or Git, how to rebuild and reinstall the entire base system, etc
docs.freebsd.org docs.freebsd.org

"Once the software upgrades are complete, finish the upgrade process with a final call to freebsd-update in order to tie up all the loose ends in the upgrade process:"
 
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