Hi,
We have a Pi B Rev-2 running RasPBX with FreePBX 2.11 and want to upgrade to 2.13 with the lowest risk of failure or system downtime. And without having to rebuild the complex configuration by hand.
Is there a way to Putty into the current box and upgrade underneath the config?
Otherwise, is the following a valid migration strategy?
The plan is to install a new current version of RasPBX on a separate Pi and install the nonstandard modules so it matches the existing one.
Then restore the latest backup -full from the old RasPBX onto the new one.
(That will be a 2.11 backup going onto a Asterisk 13 and FreePBX 14.)
Then swap SD cards (off - swap - on).
Should we expect that to work?
Is there a better/easier/safer way to do it?
Are we trying too hard?
TIA
D.
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It is basically possible to save the complete configuration using the Backup and Restore module and then restore it on another system. But as far as I know it only works as long as FreePBX versions are the same between the backup and restore machines. Also see this post: https://community.freepbx.org/t/backup-config-and-restore-on-new-server/43844
But eventually it might be possible to first upgrade FreePBX from 2.11 to 14, backup the configuration from there and then restore it on the new install with FreePBX 14. Maybe the FreePBX forum can help, here is another answer to this question: https://community.freepbx.org/t/freepbx-backup-restore-between-versions/21204
It would be great if anybody who did this successfully could post his results.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Hi,
We have a Pi B Rev-2 running RasPBX with FreePBX 2.11 and want to upgrade to 2.13 with the lowest risk of failure or system downtime. And without having to rebuild the complex configuration by hand.
Is there a way to Putty into the current box and upgrade underneath the config?
Otherwise, is the following a valid migration strategy?
The plan is to install a new current version of RasPBX on a separate Pi and install the nonstandard modules so it matches the existing one.
Then restore the latest backup -full from the old RasPBX onto the new one.
(That will be a 2.11 backup going onto a Asterisk 13 and FreePBX 14.)
Then swap SD cards (off - swap - on).
Should we expect that to work?
Is there a better/easier/safer way to do it?
Are we trying too hard?
TIA
D.
It is basically possible to save the complete configuration using the Backup and Restore module and then restore it on another system. But as far as I know it only works as long as FreePBX versions are the same between the backup and restore machines. Also see this post:
https://community.freepbx.org/t/backup-config-and-restore-on-new-server/43844
But eventually it might be possible to first upgrade FreePBX from 2.11 to 14, backup the configuration from there and then restore it on the new install with FreePBX 14. Maybe the FreePBX forum can help, here is another answer to this question:
https://community.freepbx.org/t/freepbx-backup-restore-between-versions/21204
It would be great if anybody who did this successfully could post his results.