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Hello Fellow Laravel Bods .... :) I have been running a Laravel based website on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for about 2 years. I have been keeping the stack up to date in terms of OS patches and framework updates. Question .... This morning, I have been given an option to upgrade Ubuntu to 18.04 ..... mmmmmm ... Should I be afraid? I am a 'bleeding edge' type of techie, so the urge to try the 'do-release-upgrade' is pretty strong ..... Any input/advise/pointers would be greatly appreciated .....
I personally build a new server and move sites over, rather than do major updates.
Updates via release upgrades usually either "keep current custom configuration" or "overwrite current config to package maintainers" since it cannot merge them.
Creating a new server and moving sites over doesn't cause issues with old configuration being used, and lets you test everything ahead of time before switching DNS or moving a floating IP to the new server.
Hi ... Thanks for your advice. I am definitely going to take it and build new servers Regards Arnold
@fideloper do you know of any resource where one can learn how to do this? Or do you have a easy to follow bullet list? :D
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