2016-01-28 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Overall status

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From: Timothy White <ti***8@gmail.com>
Message Hash: 27c87db0c6af9f723c550051ad14fb8a41e7378c73ebe83029ad94874fee0b68
Message ID: <CAESLx0+TOPp1tzGGKEHQMD4y3HcjJRrWvReBQt5z2sq0_5u1nQ@mail.gmail.com>
Reply To: <56AA7628.3000301@neon-john.com>
UTC Datetime: 2016-01-28 14:18:14 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:18:14 +1000

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Hi John

In theory, you can just do an Ubuntu upgrade to 14.04, then follow the
install steps for the latest stable version, which should reinstall
anything that is removed during the upgrade. The database should remain
intact.

However, a new install is a great idea as well. What version of Grase do
you currently have installed?
I would personally go a 2 step approach.
First, upgrade the Grase install to the latest, this will ensure all
database upgrades are run. Then take a database dump (both the radius and
radmin databases). Obviously checking that these dumps are correct is
critical. There is a daily backup in /var/backups/grase, so maybe take a
copy from there as well.
Then install your new server, and setup Grase. Lastly, restore the database
dumps to the new server.

This will get you a new clean server, with no cruft, and your users
database. If you can, please avoid desktop installs of Ubuntu, and go for
server installs.

Looking forward to hearing how things go. Give a shout if you need more
help.

Regards

Tim

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:12 AM, NeonJohn <jg***d@neon-john.com> wrote:

> Hey guys and Tim in particular.
>
> I've been hugely busy starting a new induction heater company (Fluxeon
> split) and related things and have kinda lost track of where things are
> now.
>
> My Grase machine is a 12.04LTS desktop machine that really isn't used
> for anything else right now.
>
> I would like to bring everything current.  I'm thinking 14.04LTS and
> Grase 3.8.0?
>
> This machine has been upgraded since Ubuntu 6 or thereabouts so there is
> a lot of cruft on it.  I'm thinking that a clean install would be
> appropriate.
>
> I'm an EE and embedded system programmer.  I know Linux fairly well but
> know nothing about SQL or how routing works.
>
> So my question is: What do I need to do to upgrade?  What do I need to
> backup?  I have a couple hundred seasonal users so I don't want to lose
> the user databases.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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