Upgrading

This document outlines updating and upgrading jails hosted by Bastille.

Bastille can “bootstrap” multiple versions of FreeBSD to be used by jails. All jails do not NEED to be the same version (even if they often are), the only requirement here is that the “bootstrapped” versions are less than or equal to the host version of FreeBSD.

To keep releases updated, use bastille update RELEASE

To keep thick jails updated, use bastille update TARGET

Minor Release Upgrades

To upgrade Bastille jails for a minor release (ie; 13.1→13.2) you can do the following:

Thick Jails

  1. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE to upgrade the jail to 13.2-RELEASE

  2. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE update to apply the updates

  3. Reboot the jail bastille restart TARGET

  4. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE update to finish applying the upgrade

  5. Upgrade complete!

Thin Jails

  1. Ensure the new release version is bootstrapped and updated to the latest patch release: bastille bootstrap 13.2-RELEASE

  2. Update the release: bastille update 13.2-RELEASE

  3. Stop the jail(s) that need to be updated.

  4. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE to automatically change the mount points to 13.2-RELEASE

  5. Use bastille etcupdate bootstrap 13.2-RELEASE to bootstrap src for 13.2-RELEASE

  6. Use bastille etcupdate TARGET update 13.2-RELEASE to update the contents of /etc for 13.2-RELEASE

  7. Use bastille etcupdate TARGET resolve to resolve any conflicts

  8. Start the jail(s)

  9. Upgrade complete!

Major Release Upgrades

To upgrade Bastille jails for a major release (ie; 12.4→13.2) you can do the following:

Thick Jails

  1. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE to upgrade the jail to 13.2-RELEASE

  2. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE update to apply the updates

  3. Reboot the jail bastille restart TARGET

  4. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE update to finish applying the upgrade

  5. Force the reinstallation or upgrade of all installed packages (ABI change): pkg upgrade -f within each jail (or bastille pkg ALL upgrade -f)

  6. Upgrade complete!

Thin Jails

  1. Ensure the new release version is bootstrapped and updated to the latest patch release: bastille bootstrap 13.2-RELEASE

  2. Update the release: bastille update 13.2-RELEASE

  3. Stop the jail(s) that need to be updated.

  4. Use bastille upgrade TARGET 13.2-RELEASE to automatically change the mount points to 13.2-RELEASE

  5. Use bastille etcupdate bootstrap 13.2-RELEASE to bootstrap src for 13.2-RELEASE

  6. Use bastille etcupdate TARGET update 13.2-RELEASE to update the contents of /etc for 13.2-RELEASE

  7. Use bastille etcupdate TARGET resolve to resolve any conflicts

  8. Start the jail(s)

  9. Force the reinstallation or upgrade of all installed packages (ABI change): pkg upgrade -f within each jail (or bastille pkg ALL upgrade -f)

  10. Upgrade complete!

Revert Upgrade / Downgrade Process

The downgrade process (not usually needed) is similar to the upgrade process only in reverse.

Thick Jails

Thick jails should not be downgraded and is not supported in general on FreeBSD.

Thin Jails

Not recommended, but you can run bastille upgrade TARGET 13.1-RELEASE to downgrade a thin jail. Make sure to run bastille etcupdate TARGET update 13.1-RELEASE to keep the contents of /etc updated with each release.

The pkg reinstallation will also need to be repeated after the jail restarts on the previous release.

Old Releases

After upgrading all jails from one release to the next you may find that you now have bootstrapped a release that is no longer used. Once you’ve decided that you no longer need the option to revert the change you can destroy the old release.

bastille list releases to list all bootstrapped releases.

bastille destroy X.Y-RELEASE to fully delete the release, including the cache.

bastille destroy [-c|--no-cache] X.Y-RELEASE to retain the cache directory.