Update Flynn to Latest

[allenwyma]

Just wanted to be sure and keep record, but when you install flynn, you're always on release:

v20170719.0-81418bc

Is there plans to cut a new stable build? Should I be on unstable?

[jbrady42]

Unfortunately the Flynn team decided to stop the stable releases a little over a year ago. You can install the latest by specifying the nightly channel to the flynn installer.

https://flynn.io/docs/installation/manual#installation

It is recommended that you test and pin a version you know works well as there is no guarantee with nightly builds.

[troykelly]

Is there a way to move from stable to nightly?

[Parrolabs1]

Is Flynn no longer officially maintained? I mean is it going to be outphased? I guess everybody is going to be moving to Kubernetes and Docker eventually...I mean that is the future...loving Flynn though

[allenwyma]

That's not good. :( @jbrady42 do you have a version you recommend? How to "pin" to a version?

@lmars is there a version that you can recommend for people to use?

[lmars]

I run many production applications using Flynn and it works really well with little to no maintenance. If I ever do encounter issues or notice others have spotted bugs then I contribute fixes, but I typically just deploy my applications safe in the knowledge that Flynn will run them as expected.

As for versions, I personally use the nightly version by installing with:

$ curl -fsSL -o install-flynn https://dl.flynn.io/install-flynn
$ sudo bash install-flynn --channel nightly

I also sometimes use my Let's Encrypt dev build:

#1995 (comment)

[allenwyma]

Thanks for the reply. Is there a way to update to the dev branch or your branch? Or I would need to spin up new servers? Cause I already have running services.

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On Jan 9, 2019, 8:05 AM +0800, Lewis Marshall ***@***.***>, wrote: I run many production applications using Flynn and it works really well with little to no maintenance. If I ever do encounter issues or notice others have spotted bugs then I contribute fixes, but I typically just deploy my applications safe in the knowledge that Flynn will run them as expected. As for versions, I personally use the nightly version by installing with: $ curl -fsSL -o install-flynn https://dl.flynn.io/install-flynn $ sudo bash install-flynn --channel nightly I also sometimes use my Let's Encrypt dev build: #1995 (comment) — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[lmars]

I suggest doing a backup and restore to a new cluster:

https://flynn.io/docs/production#updating

[lmars]

If you can handle downtime, you can take a backup, re-install Flynn on the current servers with install-flynn --clean (which stops all services and re-installs from a clean slate), then bootstrap from the backup.

[jbrady42]

@HangingClowns
We use v20180516.0 in prod, but are currently evaluating the latest nightly v20190108.0 in testing. You can specify the version with chanel to the installer.

Flynn does not handle in-place updates or OS changes very well so doing a backup and restore to a new cluster is standard practice. If you plan on running long term, have an automated install from a known version and restore from a backup file.

[hadifarnoud]

although Flynn is not actively maintained, I still think the simplicity of running a Flynn cluster can justify working on this old tech. We are moving to kubernetes too but will keep our existing Flynn cluster.

We do run into issues sometimes but most of the times it's not critical issue. fixing some weird bugs and lack of letsencrypt support will make it perfect for small projects.

I hope others start contributing more to Flynn and send more PR.

[hadifarnoud]

@jbrady42 please do keep us posted on latest version testing. would love to update to latest version but scared I might ruin stuff

[Parrolabs1]

I think it would be great to maintain it. Maybe we at Parrolabs can contribute. Seems that the team at flynn still works as they are answering questions. For example @titanous is always there to help

[hadifarnoud]

this is weird. I get a different version in dashboard's /status

status says version is v20180905.dev2-2d93aa3 but flynn-host says v20190108.0-aa5424a

[allenwyma]

thanks @lmars i just updated to nightly and it was quite "painless" to do a restore from backup. Although took me some time to figure out I needed to turn on the services on all hosts, but after I did, they managed to find each other and the sites seem to be up and working :)