How to upgrade an Ubuntu host for Harmony Access Point and SMP

Harmony Access Point and SMP support multiple Ubuntu versions. This document provides a step-by-step guide to upgrading your system’s Ubuntu version.

 Instructions

1. Upgrade Access Point / SMP (harmony-ap or harmony-smp):

   sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade harmony-ap

2. Stop the service (harmony-ap or harmony-smp):

   systemctl stop harmony-ap

3. Upgrade operating system.

   1. See https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/upgrade-introduction for more details

4. After reboot, re-enable the Harmony package source:

   sudo apt-add-repository -y "deb https://artifactory.niis.org/artifactory/harmony-release-deb $(lsb_release -sc)-current main"

5. Upgrade the package (harmony-ap or harmony-smp) to the new Ubuntu version:

   sudo apt install harmony-ap

6. Ensure that the package (harmony-ap or harmony-smp) service is in the running state (example output follows):

   sudo systemctl list-units "harmony-ap*"
   UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION harmony-ap.service loaded active running Harmony eDelivery Access - Access Point

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