Hi, I’m in charge of running a Discourse forum for one organization I’m part of. It’s running on an Ubuntu 18.04 box on AWS. I’m somewhat familiar with Ubuntu, not really with Discourse. I’ve tried upgrading to the latest version and get stuck. Here’s what I’ve tried: # apply security updates apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade # update packages apt-get update apt-get upgrade # update Docker wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh # try updating Discourse again cd /var/discourse ./launcher rebuild app Whenever I reach the following steps the update hangs: I, [2023-09-28T21:24:31.330675 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && gem install bundl er --conservative -v $(awk '/BUNDLED WITH/ { getline; gsub(/ /,""); print $0 }' Gemfile.lo ck) I, [2023-09-28T21:24:32.423727 #1] INFO -- : Successfully installed bundler-2.4.13 1 gem installed I, [2023-09-28T21:24:32.424286 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && find /var/www/dis course ! -user discourse -exec chown discourse {} \+ I, [2023-09-28T21:26:48.768332 #1] INFO -- : I, [2023-09-28T21:26:48.769200 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && if [ "tests-passe d" != "tests-passed" ]; then rm -rf app/assets/javascripts/node_modules fi I, [2023-09-28T21:26:48.771875 #1] INFO -- : I, [2023-09-28T21:26:48.772302 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c ' yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean' warning " > @glint/environment-ember-loose@1.1.0" has unmet peer dependency "@glimmer/comp onent@^1.1.2". warning " > @glint/environment-ember-template-imports@1.1.0" has unmet peer dependency "em ber-template-imports@^3.0.0". warning " > @mixer/parallel-prettier@2.0.3" has unmet peer dependency "prettier@^2.0.0". htop shows a few yarn.js processes that seem stuck: 13727 ubuntu 20 0 911M 160M 29000 S 2.7 16.5 0:54.90 node /usr/share/yarn/bin/yarn.js install --frozen-lockfile 13747 ubuntu 20 0 911M 160M 29000 D 0.7 16.5 0:04.90 node /usr/share/yarn/bin/yarn.js install --frozen-lockfile Anything I can try? Thanks in advance.

[image] AlexCR: It’s running on an Ubuntu 18.04 box on AWS. I’m somewhat familiar with Ubuntu, not really with Discourse. I’ve tried upgrading to the latest version and get stuck. In case it’s relevant, what version of Discourse are you upgrading from? [image] AlexCR: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c ' yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean' It seems that this is where things are getting stuck. It’s a longshot, but possibly this is related: Stuck on yarn install, Time out. It might be worth confirming that your server meets the software requirements shown here: discourse/docs/INSTALL.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub.

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AlexCR (AlexCR) September 30, 2023, 10:08am 3

Well you were right about this one. I’ve followed the same procedure and the update went through instead of timing out. It took a long time to run (~20 hours) because the machine was overloaded, but that’s another story.

Thanks for helping out.

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