Questions about upgrading Freeradius

[Dusty Doris]

No need to install .9.3.  I'd just install 1.0.5 on another system (or to 
the same system, but in a different directory with --prefix) and then 
modify all the config files so it has the setup you currently use on .9. 
Then make sure it works.

I doubt it, but perhaps you'll find that some configuration you have in 
radiusd.conf in .9 isn't compatible with 1.0.5 and you need to find a new 
way to declare the same functionality.  Or maybe you need to use some 
switch to configure to enable a module you are using, that was previously 
auto-detected.

I predict you'll find that its a smooth transition, but its just good 
practice to test it all out before you go and modify your production 
system.


On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Linda Pagillo wrote:

> Thanks Dusty, i know you were just kidding with me and that's cool :) I'm
> just having a bad day hehe. So what i would have to do is set up freeradius
> 0.9.3 on a different system and then upgrade it as a test and if everything
> goes well i should do it on my production system?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dusty Doris" <freeradius at mail.doris.cc>
> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Questions about upgrading Freeradius
>
>
>> I was just giving you a hard time.  Its a little longer of a process, but
>> it will definately save you a lot of time and more importantly a lot of
>> stress if you do run into issues.
>>
>> BTW - I am in the process of replacing all our radius servers here too.
>> So far, I've had no issues with configurations moving between .9 or .93
>> and 1.0.5.  My setup is pretty simple here though.
>>
>> Good Luck with the upgrade.
>>
>> -Dusty Doris
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Linda Pagillo wrote:
>>
>>> I wish you had my job too because i'm about fed up with this crap..
> Anyway,
>>> thanks for the reply, i'll do it.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dusty Doris" <freeradius at mail.doris.cc>
>>> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list"
> <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:48 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Questions about upgrading Freeradius
>>>
>>>
>>>> You consider that much work?  I wish I had your job!
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Linda Pagillo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your reply. Is it really this much work to do a simple
>>> upgrade?
>>>>> Is there a shortcut?
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Dusty Doris" <freeradius at mail.doris.cc>
>>>>> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list"
>>> <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:58 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Questions about upgrading Freeradius
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Linda Pagillo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have been using Freeradius v.0.9.3 for over a year and i wish to
>>>>>>> upgrade to the latest version. Can anyone give me detailed
>>> instructions
>>>>>>> on how to do this? I use Freeradius in a prodcution enviroment and i
>>>>>>> can't afford to mess it up. I'm running Linux RedHat 9. Do i just do
> a
>>>>>>> ./configure, make and make install like i did the first time? If
> yes,
>>>>>>> won't that overwrite all of my current config files? Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First, I would recommend setting up a lab machine (you can do it on
>>> your
>>>>>> workstation if you need to) to test that your configs work correctly
>>> with
>>>>>> the new version.  Its probably backward compatible, but I wouldn't
> just
>>>>>> blindly upgrade on production and hope for the best.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then you could compile freeradius with --prefix.  This will put all
>>>>>> configurations, binaries, etc.. into a certain directory.  For
> example:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freeradius1.0.5
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> make install
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When that's done, cd to /usr/local/freeradius1.0.5/etc/raddb and
> change
>>>>>> your files to make it work like it did in testing.  Shutdown the
>>> current
>>>>>> radius version and start up the new one with
>>>>>> /usr/local/freeradius1.0.5/sbin/radiusd -X and see if its working.
> If
>>> so,
>>>>>> modify your startup scripts to point to the new version instead of
> the
>>>>>> old.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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