Upgrading MariaDB 10.6.15 to 10.6.17 on Ubuntu 18.04 (unsupported)
We are currently unable to upgrade our server os from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04.
So we are stuck on MariaDB 10.6.15 and cannot apply any subsequent minor/major releases.
Is it possible to somehow use installation binary package for Focal/Jammy or worse case recompiling from source for 18.04?
You can run all releases in Docker. I would only recommend using host networking to avoid overhead.
Le dim. 11 févr. 2024, 10:51, Stephan via discuss discuss@lists.mariadb.org a écrit :
We are currently unable to upgrade our server os from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04.
So we are stuck on MariaDB 10.6.15 and cannot apply any subsequent minor/major releases.
Is it possible to somehow use installation binary package for Focal/Jammy or worse case recompiling from source for 18.04? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list -- discuss@lists.mariadb.org To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.mariadb.org
Thanks. I did consider docker but not sure if its suitable for a high performance production environment.
On Sunday 11 February 2024 at 12:53:58, Stephan via discuss wrote:
Thanks. I did consider docker but not sure if its suitable for a high performance production environment.
Why would you want to continue running Ubuntu 18.04 in a production environment? It came to End of Standard Support 8 months ago.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Antony.
Yes I am aware that support was discontinued and that its far from ideal but getting the OS of our 3 node cluster upgraded is a project that our infrastructure team is still planning. So as DBA I am just trying to come up with alternatives in case we encounter a serious issue that would require a MariaDB 10.6.x upgrade.
10.6 is LTS for another 2 years, so that gives you a bit of margin. Regarding Docker, according to general literature ( https://dev.mysql.com/blog-archive/mysql-with-docker-performance-characteris...), MySQL/MariaDB tends to perform well with the right setup, although as in any case I would encourage you to run your own benchmarks. I do myself run an instance in a production cluster on bare metal with Debian 10 without any performance issues.
Le dim. 11 févr. 2024 à 13:04, Stephan via discuss < discuss@lists.mariadb.org> a écrit :
Yes I am aware that support was discontinued and that its far from ideal but getting the OS of our 3 node cluster upgraded is a project that our infrastructure team is still planning. So as DBA I am just trying to come up with alternatives in case we encounter a serious issue that would require a MariaDB 10.6.x upgrade. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list -- discuss@lists.mariadb.org To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.mariadb.org
The final Ubuntu 18.04 compatible release was 10.6.15 which we are currently running. There after only Ubuntu 20 and 22 compatible releases are supported.
I will explore the docker option, but we will have to get our server OS upgraded to Focal or Jammy in any case.
Compile from source is a bit risky I think.
On Sunday 11 February 2024 at 16:27:30, Stephan via discuss wrote:
The final Ubuntu 18.04 compatible release was 10.6.15 which we are currently running. There after only Ubuntu 20 and 22 compatible releases are supported.
Out of interest, what is so significant for you about the upgrade from 10.6.15 to 10.6.17 that you're trying to work out how to do this on Ubuntu 18.04?
I'm puzzled about what important changes occurred between such a minor version number update.
Antony.
Well I am worried that we might encounter one of the issues that were fixed in 10.6.16 and 10.6.17. I am keeping an eye on the release notes and quite a few important issues have been fixed in these two releases. For example one of these is an issue where restoring a backup fails.
I just dont want to be stuck without options in case we do encounter a serious issue.
On Sunday 11 February 2024 at 10:51:42, Stephan via discuss wrote:
We are currently unable to upgrade our server os from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04.
So we are stuck on MariaDB 10.6.15 and cannot apply any subsequent minor/major releases.
Is it possible to somehow use installation binary package for Focal/Jammy or worse case recompiling from source for 18.04?
If the package manager will resolve any conflicts and allow you to install the later version without wanting to bring in too many other new packages, then this will almost certainly work. Depending on which package manager you use (I'm a Devuan person rather than Ubuntu, but the principle is the same for any Debian-based distro) you should always get told what it would do to get something installed, and you can decide whether to proceed or not.
Compiling from source is always an option on nearly every system.
Antony.
Have you considered reaching out to sales at mariadb com?
What you are describing is a typical "I want to continue using old versions past their official end-of-life date" scenario, for which commercial support providers typically have solutions for.
You can also continue to get updates to the Ubuntu 18.04 operating system itself if you buy a subscription from Canonical and thus fund the maintenance work.
su 11. helmik. 2024 klo 1.51 Stephan via discuss discuss@lists.mariadb.org kirjoitti:
We are currently unable to upgrade our server os from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04.
So we are stuck on MariaDB 10.6.15 and cannot apply any subsequent minor/major releases.
Is it possible to somehow use installation binary package for Focal/Jammy or worse case recompiling from source for 18.04? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list -- discuss@lists.mariadb.org To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.mariadb.org
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