upgrading file server form 16.0.4.4 EOL to 17.10

[hightokeinyoda]

hi all ill be upgrading my server to 17.10 via clean install over the coming weekend since this will be the perfect opportunity to implement some changes to the way i share my directory's

i want to implement the use of NFS ver 4 with internet access.

the goal of this is to make it easier to access my media from my xbox one ore my parents home via dyn dns or its equivalent.

the nfs share will definitely have to have user name and password authentication i will be sharing /mnt/examplefolder

can anyone help me set this up as ive never set up a nfs share on linux or windows and it sounds abit daunting

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[Snowhog]

Might be helpful: Network File System (NFS)

[sithlord48]

Before you go setting up nfs and i think you should. You might want to check that the Xbox and the windows computer your tryting to talk to support NFS.

[hightokeinyoda]

Before you go setting up nfs and i think you should. You might want to check that the Xbox and the windows computer your tryting to talk to support NFS.

the kodi app for the xbox one has nfs support built in and my moms laptop is windows 10 which supports nfs

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[mr_raider]

Can someone elighten me as to why 16.04.4 is EOL? Won't it just get upgraded to 16.04.5 point release?

[GreyGeek]

16.04 has three more years left!

Version	Code name	Docs	Release date	End of Life date
Ubuntu 17.10	Artful Aardvark	Rel	October 19, 2017	July 2018
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	August 3, 2017	April 2021
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	February 16, 2017	April 2021
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	July 21, 2016	April 2021
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Rel	April 21, 2016	April 2021
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	August 4, 2016	April 2019
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	February 18, 2016	HWE August 2016
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	August 6, 2015	HWE August 2016
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	February 20, 2015	HWE August 2016
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	July 24, 2014	April 2019
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Rel	April 17, 2014	April 2019

Maybe you are referring to the delay in the release of 16.04.4 because of Meltdown?
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubunt...s-519572.shtml

[oshunluvr]

Can someone elighten me as to why 16.04.4 is EOL? Won't it just get upgraded to 16.04.5 point release?

AFAIK, yes. At least my 14.04 server went up to 14.04.5 with no fancy footwork.

[oshunluvr]

It is rather odd IMO the way Canonical is charting the support of the LTS versions. Technically, 14.04.4 is end-of-life but "sudo apt full-upgrade" brings it to 14.04.5. I think this really refers to their customer support. Updates are updates and 14.04 will continue to get updated until April 2019 and 16.04 will continue to get updated until April 2021.

[oshunluvr]

hi all ill be upgrading my server to 17.10 via clean install

Just my opinion, but I would never upgrade a server to a release that will be unsupported in 9 months. 16.04 is supported until April 2021 and 17.10 only until June of 2018 - three months from now. Why would you do that with server? If it we me, I'd wait until 18.04 is out to upgrade even wait until 20.04.

[mr_raider]

Maybe you are referring to the delay in the release of 16.04.4 because of Meltdown?
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubunt...s-519572.shtml

What delay?

[FONT=monospace][COLOR=#54FF54][B]mr_raider@HP-EliteBook-725-G3[/B][/COLOR]:[COLOR=#5454FF][B]~[/B][/COLOR]$ ssh 192.168.1.6
mr_raider@192.168.1.6's password:  
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64)                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                        
* Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com                                                                                                                                               
* Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com                                                                                                                                       
* Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                        
0 packages can be updated.                                                                                                                                                               
0 updates are security updates.                                                                                                                                                          

Last login: Wed Mar  7 07:11:04 2018 from 192.168.1.208

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[GreyGeek]

Mmmm ... that was a short delay

Due to the ongoing evolution of the fixes for the recently announced Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities, we are delaying the 16.04.4 point release, originally scheduled for the week of February 15," says Lukasz Zemczak, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team. "We intend that, when it is released, 16.04.4 will include kernels which mitigate these severe vulnerabilities."

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[hightokeinyoda]

Just my opinion, but I would never upgrade a server to a release that will be unsupported in 9 months. 16.04 is supported until April 2021 and 17.10 only until June of 2018 - three months from now. Why would you do that with server? If it we me, I'd wait until 18.04 is out to upgrade even wait until 20.04.

how long do you think it will be before 18.0.4 is released for LTS

Mmmm ... that was a short delay

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its the reason i want to upgrade

and by any chance anyone can point me to a good tutorial to set up the nfs share? a gui tool would be handy

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[Snowhog]

how long do you think it will be before 18.0.4 is released for LTS

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule

[hightokeinyoda]

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule

Thanks Snowhog

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[oshunluvr]

18.04 means April 2018. Usually the releases are out nearer the end of the month. It's out now, but in alpha/beta format. IMO, for a server, there's little reason to rush ahead and every reason to wait a bit. Let the early bugs get resolved.

As far as NFS, have you started a thread or read those on here or elsewhere? It's not very difficult to set up. We've had NFS version 4 since 14.04 or maybe earlier. NFS or it's version have nothing to do with internet access, that's a separate topic. I assume you meant you want to "set up a server with NFS sharing that I can access from the internet." The best way to do that depends on your needs.