In-Place Upgrade Proxmox VE from 7 to 8

#ProxMox #Hypervisor #Upgrade
Full steps can be found at i12bretro.gith...
💡 NOTE: These steps are for a single standalone Proxmox server. They have not been tested in a clustered environment
🚨 WARNING: Make sure to create external backups of all important VMs and CTs just in case something goes wrong. You've been warned.
01. Log into Proxmox VE, either at the console or the web UI and launch the web shell
02. Stop all running VMs and CTs
03. Run the following commands to make sure Proxmox VE is running the latest 7 updates
disable proxmox commmercial repo
sed -i "s/^deb/\#deb/" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list
add the proxmox community repo
echo "deb download.proxmo... $(grep "VERSION=" /etc/os-release | sed -n 's/.*(\(.*\)).*/\1/p') pve-no-subscription" ≫ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-community.list
update software repositories
apt update
install software updates
apt dist-upgrade -y
clean apt cache
apt clean
run the upgrade checklist utility, resolve any issues reported before continuing
pve7to8 --full
update apt repositories to bullseye
sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list && sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-community.list && sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list
update software repositories
apt update
install software updates
apt dist-upgrade -y
clean apt cache
apt clean
reboot
reboot now
04. That's it, Proxmox VE has now been updated to the latest v8.x
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[@scorpjitsu]

Just the facts. Take note other creators...this is how you do a tutorial!

[@i12bretro]

That's the goal! Thanks for the comment

[@boriscrypto]

thank you so much for this video. it walked me through the entire steps of upgrading from v7.4 to v8. you are the greatest.

[@i12bretro]

Glad it was helpful

[@TheMiggins]

Absolutely brilliant. Extremely helpful and educational video. It doesn't get better, or easier than this folks.

[@i12bretro]

Appreciate the kind comment!

[@andymok7945]

Thanks. I watched a few videos and just finished upgrading two Proxmox systems. Both upgraded without any issues.

[@i12bretro]

Glad to hear it was helpful

[@RiddleSolutions4U]

Thanks for the detailed steps for this upgrade. Great job!👍

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome, glad it was helpful

[@johanvorstermanvanoijen2626]

Thank you for sharing this intel. I upgrade to Proxmox 8 without any problem. Thanks again :)

[@i12bretro]

Glad to hear it was helpful

[@holohane]

Excellent video. Concise and to the point. Thanks for your work. Liked, subscribed, and shared :)

[@manishholla]

perfect instruction. thank you 🤝🤝

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome! Thanks for the comment

[@MrCWoodhouse]

Thank you very much for the walkthrough!

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome

[@stealthfox77]

Thanks you so much friend. This is fantastic walkthrough. It's easy and gets to the point.

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment

[@martinottolangui4667]

cheers got a new follower 👍

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Thank you for sharing the video this helped a lot 💖👍😎JP

[@i12bretro]

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

@@i12bretro :) Your very welcome, Have a awesome weekend!😎JP

[@Cynric10]

cheers mate! Thank you!

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome

[@louissenderler6866]

Good video!

[@i12bretro]

Appreciate it!

[@JaPaKa80]

thx so much 4 your work

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome!

[@seraj_eb164]

Very helpful

[@kristof9497]

Thank you.

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome!

[@yormantorres2908]

thanks bro!!!

[@i12bretro]

You're welcome

[@_z_e_l_2391]

great video, when I want to do the dist upgrade it tries to uninstall proxmox what can I do ?

[@jinkx7573]

Holy moses, do NOT install "grub-efi-amd64" if the pve7to8 tool warns you it's missing. Nightmare to get removed. Had to boot to previous kernel, then "apt-get remove grub-efi-amd64" then reboot again in order to get proxmox to boot fully, otherwise stuck at initramfs ... you have been warned :)

[@Twist3d0n3]

how're you supposed to do this when opnsense is running in a vm? I lose net connection (obv) when I shutdown the vm

[@i12bretro]

Interesting problem. Seems like there's 2 possible ways, 1) get Proxmox internet another way, bypassing OPNSense 2) try caching the upgrade packages before powering down the OPNSense VM. There's a -d flag that is download only, ie apt dist-upgrade -d. I've never tried it, but may be helpful in your scenario

[@jj-icejoe6642]

Virtualized Firewall is a BIG no no

[@Twist3d0n3]

@@i12bretro Thank you!

[@i12bretro]

Welcome!

[@Twist3d0n3]

@@i12bretro Finally got round to it - adding the -d flag worked like a charm! Thanks again for your help