[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk upgrade on production box

[Brian Cuthie]

I'm sure there are better ways, but I usually do the following:

1) make sure my current source directory is named something else (see 
step 3)

2) fetch cvs head

3) mv asterisk to something like asterisk_cvs_head_5_21. This keeps all 
the old source trees around so that I can easily roll back to any 
version I've installed previously.

4) cd to the new asterisk directory (whatever you called it in step 3)

5) make

7) asterisk -r

8) show channels to make sure nobody's using it

9) stop now

10) exit asterisk

11) make install

12) restart asterisk

Note that if you don't 'make samples' the stuff in /etc/asterisk won't 
get torched. This should be fine, assuming that the new version doesn't 
require any config changes. Naturally, you'll want to poke around in 
asterisk/configs to see what kind of new options are available.

-brian


Nik Martin wrote:

>What is the best way to upgrade a production asterisk box?  make upgrade?  I
>don't want my configs messed with, and need the process to go as smooth as
>possible.  I fetched and built a new kernel last night, but haven't rebooted
>into it.  I'll do that tonight, and then want to quickly upgrade to the
>latest asterisk (mainly for zttest.)
>
>Does make upgrade fetch head?
>
>Thanks
>
>Nik
>
>
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