Updating Debian?

[wdoerr]

Hello,

is it ok to run apt-get upgrade on a Debian box running OX-HE or do I run the risk of OX-HE not working anymore because of sideeffects of updating Debian packages?


Regards,

-Walter Dörr

[Martin Heiland]

Hi Walter,

We're running multiple machines with OX:HE on Debian Etch all with the latest updates, no problems so far. If you're updating please check the updated packages for any possible influence to OX:HE and update it, there should be no problem because the OX:HE Server itself runs completely in a Java Virtual Machine and if this package are broken somebody would definitely mention it before the package gets into the stable branch of Debian

Greetings

[wdoerr]

If you're updating please check the updated packages for any possible influence to OX:HE and update it,

Can you please elaborate on that. What do I have to look for?

[Daniel Halbe]

Dear Walter,

like with any other system it can have side effects if components the OX communicates with are replaced. This could be the used mod_jk or mod_proxy for example.

It's always good to make a backup before updating packages that interact with open-xchange.

Because Debian Updates only includes security fixes or backported fixes I'm quite sure there won't be problems.

Best regards,
Daniel

[Martin Heiland]

Walter,

the packages required by the Open-Xchange Server are marked as dependencies at the open-xchange-* packages.

Greetings