Subj : Upgrading from v3.18 on CentOS7 to Ubuntu 25.04
To : All
From : Jason
Date : Wed Oct 22 2025 11:46 pm
I'm attempting to create a new server and update the BBS from v3.18 to v3.20.
I tar up the /sbbs folder on the old server and copy that to the new server in the same folder /sbbs
I'm having trouble after i do the git pull, then the make using setcap and symlinks with release=1.
I then do the /sbbs/exec/jsexec update and it doesn't seem to work. if i run the upgrade_to_v320 it says it migrates the users to user.tab and all that but i can't verify things are right because #1 when i run scfg it thinks this is a new installation when it should be an upgrade and i can't seem to get passed that.
I'm just fully confused and tried so many things.. I'm willing to start over with the update and do things in a certain order but i need some guidance. I'm following the wiki for upgrading, but it just seems to be issues one after the other. At this point, i'd almost rather setup a new bbs and make sure it works then copy over the data somehow and the config, but im afraid i'd be right back in the same boat.
cd /sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3; make RELEASE=1 setcap symlinks
after it's done, i can verify that my exec files are using the symlinks and are pointed to the right spots in the repo folders.
Then i try and run:
cd /sbbs/exec
./jsexec update
It appears to run and tells me it's updating the birthdate for some of the users and also it says this:
!WARNING loading configuration files: 0 nodes configured in /sbbs/ctrl/main.ini
and of course i can see /sbbs/ctrl/main.ini and i can see the items inside of it, like bbs name and such, i can see the "nodes" in there too, so not sure why it shows 0 nodes configured.
This is where i try and run /sbbs/exec/scfg and it says a new installation is detected and i abort out of there because i dont want it to override any of my data.
Hopefully i've explained well enough where I am at, and I'm stuck not sure what to do next.
Thanks for any help and if i missed something, please let me know.
