Resolved Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HWE EOL-> Kernel upgrade?

[Oliver Marugg]

Hi

Running Ubuntu 14.04.5 and Plesk 12.5.30 MU44.

Today I had this MOTD:

"New release '16.04.1 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.

WARNING: Security updates for your current Hardware Enablement
Stack ended on 2016-08-04:
* http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1404_HWE_EOL

To upgrade to a supported (or longer-supported) configuration:

* Upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by running:
sudo do-release-upgrade

OR

* Switch to the current security-supported stack by running:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial
and reboot your system."

I know that 12.5.30 is not intended to supported with 16.04 LTS (but upcoming Onyx will). that is not the question or even the point for me.

Has anyone made some experiences by upgrading the conventional 14.04.4/14.04.5 to the mentioned security-supported stack/kernel upgrade as described above? Does Plesk and its services work?

Greets Oliver

 

[Lloyd_mcse]

Hi Oliver,
I'm currently running Kernel 4.4.0-34 on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS and Plesk 12.5.30 #44, you can find the latest with...

# apt-cache search linux-image

and install specific versions with something like...

# apt-get install linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-34 linux-headers-4.4.0-34-generic

The latest version 3 is 3.19.0-66...

# apt-get install linux-image-3.19.0-66-generic linux-image-extra-3.19.0-66-generic linux-headers-3.19.0-66 linux-headers-3.19.0-66-generic

I hope that helps.
Kind regards

Lloyd

 

[Oliver Marugg]

Thanks Lloyd, that helped me to do the update to a LTS supported kernel (April 2019).

As the general suggestion from Ubuntu proposed in motd in my first post I did

sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-xenial linux-generic-lts-xenial

After a reboot my system is up and running. Up to now

 

[Lloyd_mcse]

Great, glad it helped.
Kind regards

Lloyd

 

[Junrel]

New release '16.04.1 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.


WARNING: Security updates for your current Hardware Enablement Stack
ended on 2016-08-04:
* http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1404_HWE_EOL

To upgrade to a supported (or longer-supported) configuration:

* Upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by running:
sudo do-release-upgrade

OR

* Switch to the current security-supported stack by running:
sudo apt-get install linux-signed-generic-lts-xenial linux-signed-image-generic-lts-xenial

and reboot your system.

Hi, I encountered they same error. If I'm going to switch the current security-supported stack, it will update my ubuntu server to 16.04 LTS?

 

[Oliver Marugg]

Hi
Only when using the "do-release-upgrade" your system will upgraded to 16.04. if you install the xenial signed lts as mentioned in your post or the generic xenial lts in my post it will only upgrade the kernel and the rest of the system will stay at 14.04.

 

[Junrel]

Thank you Oliver,

It is safe to my system and the files after installing the kernel or the xenial signed?

 

[Lloyd_mcse]

It is safe to my system and the files after installing the kernel or the xenial signed?

Yes, it is safe, your files will be unaffected.

 

[Junrel]

Thank you Lloyd.

 

[Junrel]

WARNING: Security updates for your current Hardware Enablement Stack
ended on 2016-08-04:
* http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1404_HWE_EOL

The following packages are no longer supported:
linux-image-extra-3.19.0-25-generic linux-signed-generic-lts-vivid linux-signed-image-generic-lts-vivid linux-image-3.19.0-25-generic linux-headers-generic-lts-vivid

Please upgrade them to a supported HWE stack or remove them if you
no longer need them.

I've encountered this after updating my kernell and rebooting.

 

[Oliver Marugg]

Hi
It seems for me that the 3.19 kernel isnt supported anymore. I installed the xenial kernel as mentioned:

sudo apt-get install linux-signed-generic-lts-xenial linux-signed-image-generic-lts-xenial

After installing and reboot my motd looks like this (remark the HWE message):

Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64)

* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

System information as of Wed Oct 12 13:13:09 CEST 2016
(clipped out)

Graph this data and manage this system at:
https://landscape.canonical.com/

0 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

New release '16.04.1 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.

Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2019.
Last login: Wed Oct 12

 

[Junrel]

Seems its working now and has been updated. It helps.

Thanks, Oliver.