Older Version Upgrades - Need 2.3.x package
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I have several old installs that we want to upgrade to the latest version. 1 is on 2.2.x and the notes say I need to bring it up to 2.3.x before I can go to 2.4.x
Where can I get the last LIVECD release of 2.3.x. My gotcha is all my installs are i386 nanobsd. I have purchased hard drives for the upgrades and the machines can run the 84 bit version, but I need to install the 2.3.x first so I can pull the configurations up on them before I move to 2.4. ( The big issue is both the installs are running CARP so I really need to jump my 2.2.x install to 2.3.x first.Please advise where I can get the required 2.3.x media download ASAP. Also if you have any other items that are not in the doc's that I should be aware of I would really appreciate it. I am looking forward to getting these installs back onto the latest revs now that management is allowing me to do so. Thanks.
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You can import a 2.2.x or 2.3.x backup to 2.4 as-is. Backup the config, install 2.4, restore the config. You don't have to hit any other points in between.
It's only for live in-place upgrades that you have to go from <=2.2.x to 2.3 before upgrading to 2.4.
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If the boxes are part of a CARP high availability group can we still upgrade the 2nd node to 2.4 and then fail over from the older primary unit to do the upgrade on that one?
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The HA won't be live since the pfsync version is different but CARP failover works between them.
Generally better to put the primary node into maintenance mode / disable CARP and then upgrade or reinstall. With older primaries it's easy to accidentally break the config since older versions didn't have safeguards like we have now.
