It went well, I ended up using Redhat 8 because the scripty way to install puts everything in /home and the rpm puts everything in /etc and time constraints forced me to not want to rewrite all of our config mgmt modules to put everything into a new directory structure.
Appreciate the answers, they were good for the confidence. On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 12:02:03 PM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Thanks y'all. I may come back screaming if something doesnt go right, but > I suspect it will go ok. > > Small world Warren ;) > > Cheers, > Chris > > On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 4:35:21 PM UTC-6 Warren Gill wrote: > >> That's a lot of things to upgrade! >> I practiced on a virtual machine first, so I could gain some confidence >> in the process, migrate my customizations, and be sure not to lose any data. >> There were some gotcha's on the skins side (they are documented in the >> upgrade guide) but the data come through without a hitch. >> So I basically installed the newest weewx version on the new hardware, >> migrated the weewx.conf changes and custom skins, then restored the >> database, and it's all good. >> You *might* get a problem between RHEL 7 and 9 because the hardware >> naming could change depending on your data source. >> >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 3:28 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Currently, my organization is running weewx v3.8.2 on a redhat 7 server >>> and python 2.7. Some new compliance requirements are forcing us to upgrade >>> the OS underneath this. >>> >>> Id like to use RedHat 9, though it appears this isnt supported yet. >>> >>> My question is, is there an upgrade path that will take me to a recent >>> weewx version and on python3? Id like to complete this upgrade before >>> forklifting the whole thing over to redhat 8 or 9 if I can. Can I just >>> install the latest weewx version for rhel 7 on the "old" system or is there >>> a trick to also switching that to python3 at the same time? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/596d78eb-8712-4f3c-a26e-cdd4784c7da0n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/596d78eb-8712-4f3c-a26e-cdd4784c7da0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a2ad43af-5468-4e30-b574-576564594b1dn%40googlegroups.com.
