The 490 uses the Greencreek platform, yes? The 5000X chipset? That's ca. 2010 if memory serves (no pun intended). I'd guess you'd be OK... as long as your NICs are still supported. That was the gotcha that bit me when going from 6.7 to 7.1 - two of the three NICs in the machines I have as test platforms (and production, running 6.7) use a chipset (NatSemi MacPhyter, now owned by TI) that does not appear to be included in this distro anymore. I'd have to replace three machines with new if I want to use 7.1. Right now, not willing to spend the money so I'll just wait.

@Ben,
How did you handle certificates, especially if you use OpenVPN or certificate authentication of e-mails?

Hi Brian,

Since you're moving to new hardware anyways, and since there's no upgrade path from 6 to 7, my recommendation would be to bring up your new install on ClearOS 7 in parallel with your old server (eg. have it on the LAN in standalone mode).

Install the apps you need to install on the new server...eg:

Old server:

rpm -qa | grep ^app | grep -v core | sed -r 's/^(app-[a-z\-]+)-[0-9.]+.*$/\1/'

Or grab from /var/clearos/configuration_backup/installed_apps.txt

Take that list and use it to install the same apps on your new server (make sure the new server is registered first).

Setup the account engine (eg.LDAP, AD etc.)...perhaps use the account import app to create your users if you have a lot.

Then copy over you data (scp is your friend...as is rsync).

Many of the conf file in /etc/clearos/ work just fine from 6 to 7...including Flexshares...If you copy that over and toggle a change, it will force the re-creation of all relevant files.

I had been procrastinating upgrading my home server from 6 to 7 for months (using the beta) because I thought the change over was going to be a PITA...turns out, it's a whole lot easier than you might think...and quicker too. Having the two systems up to sync and then doing a change over when you've tested everything...you could be looking at < 5 minutes of actual downtime.

B.