Upgrade Debian 7 (Wheezy) to Debian 8 (Jessie)

After almost 24 months of constant development the Debian project is proud to pr

esent its new stable version 8 (code name "Jessie"), which will be supported for
the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of
the Debian Long Term Support team.
"Jessie" ships with a new default init system, systemd. The systemd suite provid
es many exciting features such as faster boot times, cgroups for services, and t
he possibility of isolating part of the services. The sysvinit init system is st
ill available in "Jessie".
Before Upgrading
1) You need check the known issues in Debian 8 (Jessie)
2) Backup of your data on the server you are going to upgrade
3) Arrange downtime with all the required teams
Upgrade Process
First you need to make sure your existing debian system is up-to-date using the
following commands
#apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Now you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
Change the following lines From
deb http://debian.osuosl.org/debian wheezy main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.osuosl.org/debian wheezy main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
# wheezy-updates, previously known as volatile'
deb http://debian.osuosl.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.osuosl.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
To
deb http://debian.osuosl.org/debian jessie main non-free contrib
deb-src http://debian.osuosl.org/debian jessie main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
# jessie-updates, previously known as volatile'
deb http://debian.osuosl.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.osuosl.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free
Save and exit the file
Update source list
#apt-get update

Update minimal base system

#apt-get upgrade
Update rest of the system
#apt-get dist-upgrade
Finally you can reboot your server
Once restarted you can check the current version using the following command
lsb_release -a
or
cat /etc/debian_version
You can check the kernel version using the following command
uname -a
source: http://www.debianadmin.com/upgrade-debian-7-wheezy-to-debian-8-jessie.ht
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