I have a server running FreeBSD 11.0.
I have full backups, and would like to update to the lastest 11.1 release.
How to do it?
I have a server running FreeBSD 11.0.
I have full backups, and would like to update to the lastest 11.1 release.
How to do it?
To upgrade to FreeBSD 11.1, run as root:
freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.1-RELEASE
or
freebsd-update upgrade -r 11.1
The system may then show a few messages, concerning software installed, and ask
Does this look reasonable (y/n)?
To which you usually answer y.
The procedure than fetches the "metadata" and applies the necessary patches.
At the end, according to the instructions shown, you run manually, again as root:
/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install
and then you are normally shown the message:
Installing updates...
Kernel updates have been installed. Please reboot and run
"/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install" again to finish installing updates.
You then reboot, and as soon you have the system up, you login, and run again as root:
#/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install
src component not installed, skipped
Installing updates... done.
Finally to check for the success of the operation:
$uname -r
11.1-RELEASE
After finishing the installation, you might want to run:
pkg update
pkg upgrade
To install the latest security updates.