Upgrade Jail release version?

[Robert Thomspon]

Is it possible to update the release version that a jail is based on? (Specifically from 11.3 to 12.0 so that it can continue to have security patches and whatnot applied?)

And if so... how?

 

[deastick]

the command you want is "iocage fetch" and "iocage upgrade". check the man pages and search forums. Memory tells me something like "iocage upgrade -r 12.2-RELEASE jailname"

Those commands are from the main Shell (ie system root on your TrueNAS).

 

[Robert Thomspon]

the command you want is "iocage fetch" and "iocage upgrade". check the man pages and search forums. Memory tells me something like "iocage upgrade -r 12.2-RELEASE jailname"

Those commands are from the main Shell (ie system root on your TrueNAS).

im currently trying a pkg update/pkg upgrade from in the jail shell
(I caught the recommendation buried somewhere in the forums for someone going from 11.1 to 11.2 or something)

 

[blanchet]

If you wish to keep the possibility to downgrade to FreeNAS-11.3u5, you can upgrade to 11.4-RELEASE which is still supported by the FreeBSD project and compatible with both FreeNAS-11.3u5 and TrueNAS-12.0.

Code:

JAILNAME=yourjailname
RELEASE=11.4-RELEASE
iocage snapshot -n before-$RELEASE  $JAILNAME
iocage upgrade -r $RELEASE  $JAILNAME
iocage pkg $JAILNAME update
iocage pkg $JAILNAME upgrade -y
iocage restart $JAILNAME

When everything is ok, destroy the snapshot

Code:

iocage snapremove -n before-$RELEASE  $JAILNAME

 

[Alecmascot]

im currently trying a pkg update/pkg upgrade from in the jail shell
(I caught the recommendation buried somewhere in the forums for someone going from 11.1 to 11.2 or something)

That just updates/upgrades the installed packages, not the OS.
You should upgrade the jail first via iocage then do the packages afterwards.