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@Friendica Support

Hi there,
the moment has come to do the first instance upgrade cycle in the life of this instalation to bring this server to the actual stable version 2024.12-1 in the comming days.

In part the idea is to document every step in a post similiar to the howTo instructions:
install and/or move friendica to ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS server
in the @EDIT | don't follow! profile.

Right now we are on 2023.05, so we will have to update step by step to:
2023.12 | release notes
2024.03 | release notes
2024.08 | release notes
2024.12-1 | release notes

Are there any specific recomandations or details to have in mind besides the information expected to be found in every update release instruction?

This is basically a single user instance with round about 14 forum pages with few followers each and a total of 18 profiles with contacts in the activityPub and diaspora community and some RSS subscriptions. No other specific conectors are enabled.

Installed addons/apps:
blockbot, calc, impressum, js_upload, notifyall, nsfw, pageheader, phpmailer, qcomment, rendertime, showmore_dyn, startpage

DB backups amount to ~180MiB and the image file storage folder on ftp around ~400MiB.

Friendica stable | 'Giant Rhubarb' 2023.05 - 1518
PHP Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
VPS server | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk - unlimited traffic
hosted by @ raroun 👍

Notes:
This instances right now seems to work well.
Sometimes this profile here has some strange hickups like when following up the link of a post from this server in a stream view a message "Not Found |The requested item doesn't exist or has been deleted." Also right now profiles from contacts, for example @ hoergen or @ feb don't show up in the contact list but they are displayed as followed in the profile contact page.

#friendica #fediAdmin

in reply to Tobias

Thx @Tobias 👍,
added the respective links to the publication.
I guess there is nothing to add with respect to the difference between 2024.12 and 12-1, it's just installing 2024.12-1 instead of 2024.12 (?).
in reply to Tobias

¿from github?

On github it looks like 12-1 was released a day later (right now it states 29 days) than 12 (1 month), as if it is a fix, also it states:

nupplaphil [CI] Fix releaser


In the list of tags it looks like "older" or lesser in the hierarchy.

[as of now just edited the difference in the inicial post between github branch and anouncement post]

in reply to TupambAdmin [stable]

@TupambAdmin [2023.05] ah, yes that is the same code in Friendica, but the CI needed a fix and reacts only on a release tag - sorry I forgot about that x)
in reply to Tobias

yes that is the same code in Friendica

Learning/comprehension question @Tobias:
What does "in Friendica" mean?
The stable version 2024.12, in other words the github pull of 2024.12 even when the date says "1 month" like it if werent as upt o date than 12-1?

in reply to utopiArte

@utopiArte only auxilliary file have been changed, nothing that is used when Friendica is running on the web server.
in reply to Tobias

In other words @Tobias, these are changes in files on github for github and are not transfered by a git pull, right?

(a like for verifying refrasing questions to asure that I got the comment right is suffice @ Tobi!)

in reply to TupambAdmin [stable]

@TupambAdmin [2023.05] no, the files are part of the git repository and are transferred by a git pull. But the files are part of the files that Friendica uses while running on the server.
in reply to Tobias

I understand that it's not relevant because it's an "auxiliar file".
👍

At the same time I do have to point out that you did two opposite staments, didn't you?

nothing that is used when Friendica is running on the web server.
But the files are part of the files that Friendica uses while running on the server.


🤔