Upgrade from Freepbx15

FreePBX Installation / Upgrade
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I am trying to upgrade my FreePBX 15.0.37.9 ‘VoIP Server’ to the latest version as I found out that the installed version is EOL and modules are no longer updated. I looked around for instructions but I am running into dead ends.

Most instructions start with a command “yum upgrade -y”. That already ends with “No packages marked for update”. Looking around a bit, I found that this might be due to cached values for the repositories, and suggested to use “yum clean all”. After that, and “yum upgrade”, I see that 6 files are downloaded,

yum upgrade:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, versionlock
Determining fastest mirrors
sng-base | 3.6 kB 00:00
sng-epel | 2.9 kB 00:00
sng-extras | 2.9 kB 00:00
sng-pkgs | 3.4 kB 00:00
sng-updates | 2.9 kB 00:00
(1/6): sng-base/7-8.2003.3.el7.sangoma/x86_64/group_gz | 153 kB 00:00
(2/6): sng-extras/7-8.2003.3.el7.sangoma/x86_64/primary_db | 206 kB 00:00
(3/6): sng-pkgs/7-8.2003.3.el7.sangoma/x86_64/primary_db | 1.5 MB 00:00
(4/6): sng-base/7-8.2003.3.el7.sangoma/x86_64/primary_db | 6.1 MB 00:01
(5/6): sng-updates/7-8.2003.3.el7.sangoma/x86_64/primary_d | 4.5 MB 00:01
(6/6): sng-epel/7-8.2003.3.el7.sangoma/x86_64/primary_db | 7.3 MB 00:02
No packages marked for update

So, first questions:

Can I upgrade the system to Freepbx16, or do I need to go to freepbx17 (or even 18)?

The system is running on Centos7. Do I need to change the OS?

Do I need to perhaps upgrade Asterisk first (it is running on Asterisk16 now)

What do I need to do to point the system to the correct repository?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Are you running the distro? You can upgrade to 16 in place but 17 will require a new install and a backup/restore.

https://sangomakb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FP/pages/13205629/FreePBX+PBXact+16+Version+Upgrade+Module

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Make sure you have a good backup. Things to be aware of for a successful FreePBX 15 to 16 upgrade

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I found a link in the forum that helped me to finish the ugrade. The trick was to have the ssytem run a check first:

fwconsole versionupgrade --check

This came back with a warning that I could not upgrade before I had removed a few modules. After I removed the flagged modules this command seems to have done the upgrade:

fwconsole versionupgrade --upgrade (maybe --install)

So, I am now running V16.0.40.11, and it looks like everything transferred over (extensions, VM, IVR, etc.). Big sigh of relief …

Open question:

Teh dashboard tells me now that 3 modules are vulnerable and should be updated. That includes at least one of the modules that I had to remove first. When I now look in the Module manager, that module is not listed. How do I update an unlisted module?

As for the hint to have a backup: Very important. I usually clone the drive before I do some serious surgery and test the clone. That way I can simply swap the drive and are back where I started…

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fwconsole ma upgradeall

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Thanks. tried that. CLI response was:

No repos specified, using: [commercial,extended,standard] from last GUI settings

Up to date.

Updating Hooks…Done

This is what the dashboard says:

endpoint (Cur v. 15.0.27.26) should be upgraded to v. 16.0.86 to fix security issues: SEC-2023-001
restapps (Cur v. 15.0.19.4) should be upgraded to v. 16.0.35 to fix security issues: SEC-2023-001, SEC-2021-013
pms (Cur v. 15.0.2.38) should be upgraded to v. 16.0.18 to fix security issues: SEC-2022-001

I am not even sure if I need these modules. All of them seem to be commercial modules, and I don’t think we use any (except the fax module).

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Please uninstall modules if you do not require either by module admin ui or by cli i.e. fwconsole ma remove

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