How to upgrade Fedora 22 Server to Fedora 23 Beta Server

How to upgrade Fedora 22 Server to Fedora 23 Beta Server

The Beta version of Fedora 23 has been released. The official version will be released by the end of October, Ubuntu October will be released in 15.10, and openSUSE November will be released in early 42.1, the intensive release of the three important linux versions is truly overwhelming for Linux users.

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• Get Fedora 23 Beta Workstation
• Get Fedora 23 Beta Server
• Get Fedora 23 Beta Cloud
• Get Fedora 23 Beta Spins
• Get Fedora 23 Beta Labs

Let's take a look at some new changes in Beta of Fedora 23:

• Linux Kernel 4.2;
• GNOME 3.18;
• Systemd 209;
• Mesa 11.0-rc2;
• Mono stack 4;
• LibreOffice 5;
• LLVM 3.6.1;
• GCC 5.1.1;
• Updated DNF package manager;
• Perl 5.22;
• Python 3;
• SSL3 and RC4 has been disabled by default;
• Unicode 8.0;
• Docker 1.8;
• Fedup tool has been removed;
• And creating new improved features.

For more details, click Fedora 22 to release the log.

OK! Now let's see how to upgrade from Fedora 22 to Fedora 23.

Step 2: update the system

Users who log on as root and install Screen software. The Screen tool will help you connect to the server again and upgrade.

dnf install screen

Then, run the following command to start the screen session:

screen

If you have disconnected from the Fedora system, you can use the command to reconnect to it:
screen -Dr

Now let's dive into the Fedora upgrade task.

This is the details of my current system (Fedora22. Execute all commands as root.

cat /etc/RedHat-release

Output Information:

Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)

Or enter the following command:

cat /etc/*-release

Output Information:

Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)
NAME=Fedora
VERSION=”22 (Twenty Two)”
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=22
PRETTY_NAME=”Fedora 22 (Twenty Two)”
ANSI_COLOR=”0;34″
CPE_NAME=”cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22″
HOME_URL=”https://fedoraproject.org/”
BUG_REPORT_URL=”https://bugzilla.redhat.com/”
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT=”Fedora”
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=22
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT=”Fedora”
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=22
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy
VARIANT=”Server Edition”
VARIANT_ID=server
Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)
Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two)

Use the following command to update the system:

dnf update

Restart the system to apply changes.

Step 1: Start the upgrade
First, add the gpora23 GPG key.

rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-23-$(uname -i)

Run the following command to upgrade the Fedora Server:

dnf upgrade

Cache cleanup command:

dnf clean all

Finally, run the following command to upgrade Fedora22 to 23:

dnf --releasever=23 --setopt=deltarpm=false distro-sync --nogpgcheck

DNF starts to obtain the latest software package. This will take a long time, depending on the speed of your Internet connection. So be patient.

Download and install all the software packages and restart the system.

Select Fedora23 from the menu.

Congratulations! Your system has been upgraded to feodra 23

As you can see above, Fedora 23 is pre-installed based on Web management tools by default, and the server version is called Cockpit. In this way, you can directly manage it through a web browser. How is the heat dissipation effect?

To access the Fedora console, open your web browser and browse the IP address starting with https: //: 9090. The following screen should appear. Log on to the root user.

Look at the Cockpit interface:

For more information about Cockpit, click the connection below:

• Cockpit: A Beginner Friendly Server Administration Tool

Now, log on to our Fedora23 server and run the following command to check the version:
cat /etc/redhat-release