On 29/01/2026 09:23, uj2.hahn@posteo.de wrote:
Years ago (2020) I implemented a pretty basic freeradius installation (authentication only) in a school for WLAN access. That time I installed version 3.0.19 on a virtual server (Ubuntu 19.04) and used Samba to connect to Active Directory on Windows Server. This is still working fine but I think it is time for a larger upgrade of all involved components.
Yes, that's a bit old now.
Is there any recommendation/cookbook/guideline how to do that upgrade in the most efficient way with minimal effort?
It's a virtual machine, so you're pretty safe... - Snapshot or clone the VM - Upgrade everything - If it doesn't work, investigate or roll back There really shouldn't be anything to be concerned about upgrading from 19.04 to 24.04 and from FR 3.0.19 to 3.2.8.
Of course I can do everything from scratch on a second virtual machine. Is that the preferred way? Or can I copy the freeradius configuration over? Any changes I have to do then? Config from 3.0.19 should be fine on 3.2.8.
-- Matthew