Hi all,
Is there a release date for Mailinabox based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on the horizon…?
Should I wait for it or will there be an easy way to upgrade the base system Ubuntu 14.04 with an Mailinabox v0.28 installation to the bionic version if it will be released?
Regards,
Christian
@just4t Yes, I read this thread, but this doesn’t answer my question. Install seems to work on Bionic…but 14.04 LTS is still the official recommended base OS?!
14.04 LTS is still the official recommended base OS
It’s not an official response, but perhaps a welcome clue at the end: Backup Amazon S3: Added support for custom endpoints by JumpLink · Pull Request #1427 · mail-in-a-box/mailinabox · GitHub
Yes, not official…but maybe there will be a new major release in the near future. Thanks for the link…! Let’s see…
My plan is:
Thanks for this concrete dates and publishing your plan regarding Ubuntu18.04 and Mailinabox. Last question: will there be an easy official way to migrate if I now setup Mailinabox on Ubuntu 14.04 and want to switch to 18.04 without loosing mails and data? Or should I wait till 18.04 is the recommended and stable OS base?
Regards,
Christian
The only supported upgrade path that I am currently planning to support is creating a new 18.04 machine and then restoring data from a backup.
Nice, if a Mailbox restore is possible on a new 18.04 machine as described here https://mailinabox.email/maintenance.html#moving-boxes I think I can setup Mailinabox on 14.04 now and move to a 18.04 machine if it will be available. Thanks for this clarification.
Regards,
Christian
@JoshData
Will the upgrade path be version specific? I have a few MiaB’s up and running but they are not the latest version 0.28 - will that matter? And thanks for the timeline.
MailInABox cannot be installed on Ubuntu 18.04.
Last update was that the version for Ubuntu 18.04 would be ready in December or January.
Hello All,
First, it is a GREAT JOB this MiaB!
Second, I need to setup a new machine (for a long-term deployment) and so it should be the Bionic Beaver 18.04 using the ubuntu_bionic branch for now.
@JoshData
Do you plan to make the upgrade path for the master (currently the Trusty) to 18.04 so that the current “on trial” working Bionic installations would be seamlessly taken over by the new master branch?
I simply cannot afford to fully provision and setup some key machines now and then take them offline and do the backup > full new install > restore > checks … procedure in 1-2 months from now.
Many thanks,
Jan
As I said above, the only supported upgrade path that I am currently planning to support is creating a new 18.04 machine and then restoring data from a backup.
(Also, the Ubuntu 14.04 box will need to be upgraded to Mail-in-a-Box v0.29 before doing the backup/restore.)
The Ubuntu 18.04 branch is almost usable, but I’m having a serious problem with backups so I’m not recommending using it just yet.
So how is this supposed to work? The built in backup doesn’t backup the cloud stuff and only does the email. I can’t lose everything in the cloud utilities for all my users.
It does. Or, it should. If it’s not working for you, please open an issue on github!
@JoshData is there any end in sight or at least a GitHub Milestone of some kind that we can follow that might be able to paint a picture for a timeline my very brittle unsupported 16.04 version finally melted and I really would love to have a functioning 18.04 installer.
Seems that the git branch ubuntu_bionic and that really does not install so I don’t really know what’s next.
