Re: Updating disconnected systems

On Friday, September 27th, 2024 at 15:03, Souji Thenria <mail@souji-thenria.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri Sep 27, 2024 at 9:18 PM CEST, Pat wrote:
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> > I run several FreeBSD servers with no issue (and a huge thank you to
> > all of the wonderful volunteers that make FreeBSD such a joy to work
> > with!). I would like to migrate the CA box to FreeBSD, however the CA
> > is fully isolated. I am not as well versed in FreeBSD updates as I am
> > with APT, and am looking for information on how to keep a completely
> > offline FreeBSD box up to date.
> > 
> > I figure can use Poudriere for packages, but that doesn't work for the
> > core system as far as I can tell?
> 
> 
> Hi Pat,
> 
> The easiest way to come to mind is to upgrade from source.
> 
> On the FreeBSD forum, there is also a discussion where someone asked a
> similar question regarding offline updates: [1]
> 
> Regards,
> Souji
> 
> [1] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/upgrading-freebsd-offline.79814/
> 
> --
> Souji Thenria
> Website: www.souji-thenria.net

Hi Souji

I should have thought of that. Just one more thing to learn about FreeBSD, which is never a bad thing.

Appreciate the time you took to reply, I think I know enough in order to proceed from here. Daedalus will be supported for a while yet, so I won't need to update the CA immediately. That will give me time to work out the details. And I am not worried about how long it takes for the offline system takes to perform updates, I pretty much only require it once a year, but I update it monthly.

Thanks Souji, the thread looks like it will hit the spot.

Regards,
Pat