proxmox-upgrade

This playbook automates the upgrade process for Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) and Proxmox Backup Server (PBS).

Currently following upgrade paths are supported:

• Proxmox Virtual Environment version 7->8
• Proxmox Backup Server version 2->3

This playbooks follows the instructions from the offical documentation:

• Proxmox Virtual Environment Upgrade from 7 to 8
• Proxmox Backup Server Upgrade from 2 to 3

This is a work in progress, if you find any bugs or problems please open a new issue.

details of PVE upgrade:

• check prerequisites
• create backup of important configuration files under /var/backups
• install latest packages from current version
• shutdown virtual maschines
• Debian dist-upgrade
• reboot

I highly recommend running the pve7to8 --full checklist tool first and fix all detected problems before upgrading.

You should also use it after the upgrade to verify that everything is ok.

details of PBS upgrade:

• check prerequisites
• create backup of important configuration files under /var/backups
• install latest packages from current version
• put datastores in read-only mode
• Debian dist-upgrade
• reboot
• put datastores back in write mode
• check needed services

playbook usage

1. install this playbook via Ansible Galaxy

ansible-galaxy install marvhh.proxmox_upgrade

2. create a playbook yaml file

example:

- name: Upgrade proxmox server
  become: true
  hosts: proxmox_server

  roles:
    - marvhh.proxmox_upgrade

4. run ansible-playbook

Options

Following options are currently supported:

• reboot: Choose if the reboot of the maschine should be done automatically
• shutdown_vms: shutdown virtual maschines automatically
• use_enterprise_repos: should the Proxmox enterprise repositories be used?

Author

Marvin Stark