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For as long as the release is supported you can use syspatch(8). They also appear to provide serial console access on request so you can perform a release upgra
by notaplumber 8y ago
For as long as the release is supported you can use syspatch(8). They also appear to provide serial console access on request so you can perform a release upgrade via the recommended bsd.rd (RAMDISK) kernel method.
There's also the manual upgrade method, for an example of what that looks like, here's the guide for going from 6.2->6.3: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade63.html#NoInstKern https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade63.html#NoInstKern
- INTPenis 8y agoThe key here is console access. I have an OpenBSD router at home and the only negative part is about once every two years when I feel the need to catch up on the latest release. Because then it needs a null modem cable and direct access. So when someone is selling remotely managed OpenBSD VMs my natural question is how to do release upgrade.
- sedachv 8y agoYou can do unattended upgrades using autoinstall(8). There is a handy script for patching bsd.rd with a configuration file for the update process: https://bitbucket.org/semarie/upobsd/src https://bitbucket.org/semarie/upobsd/src although there should not be anything to configure on most boxes (maybe you want to deselect the X packages for your router).