[Freeswitch-users] How to update a live system with very little downtime (How does 'make current' work?)

[Kerem Erciyes]

Or you could always build a debian-live image that includes
freeswitch-current and all the wanpipe driver etc, and swap them out at
will at 5 mins downtime maximum, store all you data on HDD of /etc and
/freeswitch/conf and you are good to go....

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org>wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Jason Moran <jmoran at secureachsystems.com
> > wrote:
>
>>  Sorry for such a basic question:****
>>
>> **1.       **If I do a ‘make current’ while a system is running it will
>> not have any effect until I restart FS, correct?****
>>
>> **2.       **What if ‘make current’ fails? What if it fails and the
>> server gets restarted, will FS work?****
>>
>> **3.       **Is it more advisable to stop FS, do the ‘make current’,
>> then start FS even though it will have a longer down time?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I know it’s best to keep FS up-to-date – but it is difficult when you
>> only have 1 system available and it is expected to have 100% uptime..****
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>>
>
> Since you don't have a spare system (which is totally naughty, btw,
> especially if your corporate overlords expect 100% uptime) then my next
> question would be this: how are you set on CPU power, RAM, and disk space?
> The reason I ask is that it is entirely possible to create a secondary git
> clone of the FS repo and use a completely different install path when
> running the configure script. You could "make current" in that secondary
> repo and get a sort of preview of what would happen w/o touching your
> production build env or install dirs. If the update goes well in your test
> scenario then you could do the update in your production environment.
>
>  It's kinda hackish but if you have spare disk space then it's a really
> cheap option. It isn't perfect, but it does give you at least some
> semblance of "try before you buy."
>
> -MC
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
> consulting at freeswitch.org
> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>
> 
> 
>
> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
> http://www.freeswitch.org
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org
> http://www.cluecon.com
>
> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users
> http://www.freeswitch.org
>
>


-- 
Kerem Erciyes - Sistem Danismani
http://keremerciyes.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.freeswitch.org/pipermail/freeswitch-users/attachments/20120430/dfc41088/attachment.html