Problem Upgrading from Openhabian 3.4.2 to 4.x

Setup, Configuration and Use Migration
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  • do you have the ‘lastest’ version of openhabian-config ( you can check the version in the about section )

I think so. Its from 12.12.23:

openHABian Configuration Tool — [openHAB3]{2023-12-12T18:59:04+01:00}(8e591be)
openHAB 3.4.2 - Release Build
  • the openhab signature will be stored under /usr/share/keyrings. Check if it is already there

There are two files.

-rw-r--r--   1 root root 2280 Dez 28 14:48 openhab.gpg
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1233 Mai 29  2012 raspbian-archive-keyring.gpg

Are these okay?

That is not necessary. The specified gpg file is already there.

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Why don’t you just reinstall from scratch and import your old config as recommended ?

I shy away from the effort of a basic installation. I honestly don’t know what is necessary again until I can start oh-config and import a backup. And I still don’t know whether everything is really in the backup? Bindigs, settings etc.

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Read the link I gave. You’ve already put more time into this than doing that would have costed.
Plus, unlike an OS upgrade, it’s reversible/non-destructive.

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Yes, correct, the file for openhab is there. Is it also referenced in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openhab.list ?

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I have tested this. It is definitely faster.
But…
I got a new DHCP IP address and can no longer log in to the console with my openhabian password.
The browser-based log shows some errors, but I attribute most of them to the wrong IP.

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Now yes.

And now the update to bullseye has also gone through.
Now I have an error message that Java 17 is still missing.
It’s all very complicated.

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install the package openjdk-17-jre-headless or use openhabian-config to install the related java package.

You can ping the host ?

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Yes. The system runs with the new IP, which comes from DHCP.
I can ping the host and the website runs on Port 8080
It seems that only a few basic settings are missing.
e.g. a fixed IP address was set before

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You can have your DHCP server assign a fixed IP address based on your Raspi’s MAC. Read the docs.

of course, it’s now the default (i.e. openhabian)

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Now it’s up and running. I went through the second suggestion again:
reinstall from scratch

It went faster now.

Changed password of openhabian and changed IP address (yes - I use fixed IPs for my servers and printers)
Mosquitto Broker still had to be installed, but that can be done quickly via oh-config.
Now it runs with bullseye.
Many, many thanks for your support.

Now the next challenge: Update to OH4.
Do you have any best-practice suggestions?

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Read the FAQ others and I linked to.

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Now I have bullseye and Java17.
The correct branch is set.

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But I still get the message Old OpenHAB Version : “Attention!”

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Everything seems to be ok. No errors or warnigs to be seen.

What could be the problem now?

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What branch, set where and why do you think it is correct there?

when doing what ?

How am I supposed to know ? Read the docs to find out how to enable debugging (debug=maximum in openhabian.conf) and to provide a logfile of what’s going on, else noone can tell.

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The branch is “openHAB branch”
I have selected the release option in OH-Config [01]:

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I have just discovered that the Configuration Tool is probably out of date:

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I think I have already seen a version from December.
I thought it was self-updating. Does it not? How can I do this manually?

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Why did you change it before updating OH (or why at all?)

It should. Did you flash an old image ? Download latest and try again with that.

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It was OpenHAB3 like recommended in the scratch reinstall.

No. Downloaded yesterday.

I’ll try debugging and get back to you
Thank you.

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Before:
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Then I switched to release:

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The Console:

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Your branch and ‘origin/openHAB’ have diverged,
and have 10 and 3 different commits each, respectively.

What the meaning of that?

If i start now the Configuration Tool there is the message about an update:
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If I Continue, i get the version of September:
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And there is no way back to my prior openHAB3:

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Shall I try to switch the branch do no update of the configuration tool.
it just always takes quite a long time until I have cloned the SD cards.

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Which is what you should not have done.

Why did you do that at all?
There’s no way back from inside the tool I know of

Try on the command line

sudo bash
cd /opt/openhabian
git checkout openHAB3

No warranty this will work, I have no system at hand to try.

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if I leave it at openHAB3, the message also appears: Old openHAB version - ATTENTION !

Because I get the message: Old openHAB version - ATTENTION !

I have try it. The Old value/branch openHAB3 is selected again.
When I try to update I get the message: Old openHAB version - ATTENTION !

Where can i find the log-file for the debug=maximum option?

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Set this in /etc/openhabian.conf then run openhabian-config again and you should be seeing the output in your shell window.