Hello everyone, buon anno nuovo, happy new year !
i tried today the first time to migrate my NS7 to NS8 with the migration tool and did not succeed, first thing what i recognized after i got the error at the ns7 was the circumstances it creates new apps on the ns8. The ns8 is with the whole Updates from what was possible. Is there a reason the it is not allowed to get the latest Updates without doing the migration from ns7? I have a working ns8 on Rocky 9.5 things are running like mail sogo different other apps. After the update i got new instances of apps in mail, sogo, etc. mail is at the working ns8 mail1, with migration i got mail3, same at the sogo instances. both are vm at a proxmox system, but i dont thing there is the prob. my plan is now to install the ns8 completely new and i would like to got an advice which is the better os for ns8? Rocky or Debian? How big do i need the Harddisk for a small business with around 10 Workers, Email, Kalender and a few Dokument in the Directory of the samba share? And are there things to plan before installing NS8 that the migration works? I know, a lot questions and certainly some things are also due to personal taste, but everyone has certainly had their own experiences and I would like to know whether there are any trends in the various areas, thank you very much.
Updates could be an issue during migration, see also Nextcloud migration fails if automatic updates are enabled · Issue #7070 · NethServer/dev · GitHub
You should migrate to a fresh installed NS8, see also NethServer 7 migration — NS8 documentation
Subscription is only supported with Rocky.
Rocky is an RHEL clone and has the more recent podman version 5.2.2 whereas Debian still uses 4.3.1 but that will change with next Debian release, see also Debian -- Package Search Results -- podman
Debian has the larger community and more documentation/tutorials.
I’d recommend the OS you’re more familiar with. I use both without issues.
In any case I’d recommend fast SSD/NVME disks.
If it’s about physical disk I think 2 TB are should cover your case including some free space for future but It really depends on how much (mail) data is used.
As regards virtual disks, the size can be increased later.
As it already worked there should be no issues.
i dont know how often i said thank you in the last years, but again THANK YOU @mrmarkuz Markus for your help, time and good will.
another short question, i installed the ns8 now fresh on a machine, is it necessary to install the apps like mail sogo etc. before migrating the ns7 or should i leave the ns8 clean without any apps?
Leave it clean, NS8 will install the apps as required…
This is “controlled” by the migration app, running on NS7.
My 2 cents
Andy