How do I 'do-release-upgrade' now 21.10 is (just) out of support?

[Aaron Rainbolt]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:24 PM Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 08:54:49PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 08:19:52PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > > > Release upgrades after a release goes EOL can be tricky, however there
> > > > are official instructions on how to do so here:
> > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades
> > > >
> > > Ah, thank you, following the instructions there seems to be working OK.
> > >
> > ... and it has worked OK, all went very smoothly with no issues at all.
> >
> > Thanks again. :-)
> >
> Well not *quite* 'very smoothly', one slight problem with the apache2
> php module, the apache configuration hadn't changed to php8.1 but the
> php8.1 library was installed.  I just disabled (a2dismod) php8.0 and
> enabled (a2enmod) php8.1 and apache2 is now working.
>
> --
> Chris Green

Ah, that sort of thing can happen in a do-release-upgrade. Glad you
got it sorted out. It's always a good idea to have a full backup of
your machine for in the event things aren't so easily sorted out. If
you're running a server, you probably already knew this, but just in
case, there you go.