On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Malay Thakershi <mthakershi@gmail.com>wrote:
I am really afraid.. if I update the system.. my current settings won't work. Is there a safe way to go from one version to other? Any method?
If you are in production then you really should have a second machine explicitly for testing. If you don't have a second machine then updating can be an adventure. However, if you completely backup your /usr/local/freeswitch directory and also your /usr/src/freeswitch directory (whatever you named it) then you will have a snapshot of exactly what you are running. You could restore those if the update goes bad for any reason. (WARNING: that is a risky thing to do with a production system!)
The trick to updating and old system is to install fresh (preferably on your test system) and then integrate your custom changes to the default configs. Run FS, look for errors, fix 'em, repeat. I will never recommend you do this on a production server, but some folks like to live dangerously. If you don't have a test system then you have 3 choices: get a test server and experiment on it, do your experiments on your production server (being VERY careful to backup everything first), or live with the old version. I think you'll agree that having a test system is the best option available. -MC