Update XOA OS via apt update?

Forza

Is it recommended to update the XOA VM using apt update? The XOA updates via the webui (XOA->Updates page) do not contain OS level updates, only the XO server parts.

Danp

@Forza This isn't needed because the XOA VM is already performing these OS updates using unattended-upgrade.

Forza

@Danp said in Update XOA OS via apt update?:

@Forza This isn't needed because the XOA VM is already performing these OS updates using unattended-upgrade.

Hm.. I have no proxy set in apt.conf, so it is not likely that is working. But If I do, will it automatically also update the base OS? And if so, could I force an update using apt update + apt upgrade?

Danp

The latest XOA release is based on Debian 12. If your XOA is using an earlier version of Debian, then you should deploy a new instance of XOA to switch to the newer Debian version.

Forza

@Danp It is on Debian 12. I was just not aware if updates to the XOA base OS was a thing or not. It is not mentioned in the docs as far as I could look up.

olivierlambert

We have unintended updates configure in theory.

Forza

@olivierlambert unintended? Do you mean it is updating by itself even though it was not intended?

Danp

@olivierlambert said in Update XOA OS via apt update?:

unintended updates

I think Olivier meant "unattended".

olivierlambert

Sorry, typo, after 12h of flight, and 9h of jetlag.

Forza

@Danp said in Update XOA OS via apt update?:

@olivierlambert said in Update XOA OS via apt update?:

unintended updates

I think Olivier meant "unattended".

Haha, quite the difference

If I understand correctly:

unattended-upgrade is being run in the background by default.
apt is not using XO proxy settings, so it needs to be manually added to apt.conf.
this "feature" isn't documented?

A side note. I wanted to update the kernel to see if it helps the networking speed (EPYC fix). I tried to install linux-image-6.12, but it says it isn't possible due to too old linux-base.