Subj : Upgrading server
To   : All
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Aug 24 2022 12:44 pm

The server currently-known-as 'cvs.synchro.net' is an aging quad-core AMD (A10 PRO-7800B) based HP workstation with 16GB of DDR3 RAM running Debian Linux 10.9 on a SATA SSD. This server has a lot of duties, including the hosting of [www].synchro.net, ftp.synchro.net, cvs.synchro.net, wiki.synchro.net, git.synchro.net, gitlab.synchro.net and provides the primary domain name services for *.synchro.net.

I'm in the process of upgrading this system to an new Intel i7-17200 based HP workstation with 32GB of DDR4 RAM running Debian Linux 11.4 on an NVMe SSD (bought it on sale for $800 from costco.com). This should speed-up a lot of Git-related things quite a bit (e.g. CI pipeline/builds) when the upgrade is complete.

Since the old system was upgraded several times over many years from whatever was the current Debian Linux 10+ years ago (pre-systemd), I'm starting with a fresh install and migrating all the services and data over piece meal.

Starting with GitLab, I had to have the same version running on each server before I could migrate the data, so I upgraded the GitLab install on cvs.synchro.net first from 13.12.15 to 14.0.12 then to 14.7.2.

I'll be working on other migration tasks over the next week+ before making the final switch-over. Other than the upgrade to GitLab, you probably won't notice anything until the migration is done and I'll give some head's up when I'm about to do that (like I said, in several days), and then I won't be surprised if there are some hiccups at that time.

I'll look into upgrading to the current GitLab (15.x) after the migration is complete.
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