# Upgrading Xenial to Bionic on GCE (again with more logs this time)
1. Launched GCE instance 2. Installed google-cloud-sdk snap 3. Updated system 4. Verified the tracking channel was updated
$ sudo snap install google-cloud-sdk --channel latest/stable/ubuntu-16.04 --classic 2021-04-20T16:24:02Z INFO Waiting for automatic snapd restart... google-cloud-sdk 337.0.0 from Cloud SDK (google-cloud-sdk✓) installed $ sudo snap info google-cloud-sdk name: google-cloud-sdk summary: Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services publisher: Cloud SDK (google-cloud-sdk✓) store-url: https://snapcraft.io/google-cloud-sdk contact: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/ license: unset description: | Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services commands: - google-cloud-sdk.anthoscli - google-cloud-sdk.bq - google-cloud-sdk.docker-credential-gcloud - google-cloud-sdk.gcloud - google-cloud-sdk.gsutil - google-cloud-sdk.kubectl snap-id: MJbt3BgxESyOON7gqKVEnA06NLRM3Dxd tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-16.04 refresh-date: today at 17:20 UTC channels: latest/stable: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic latest/candidate: ↑ latest/beta: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic latest/edge: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic installed: 337.0.0 (178) 237MB classic $ do-release-upgrade -p $ sudo snap info google-cloud-sdk name: google-cloud-sdk summary: Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services publisher: Cloud SDK (google-cloud-sdk✓) store-url: https://snapcraft.io/google-cloud-sdk contact: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/ license: unset description: | Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services commands: - google-cloud-sdk.anthoscli - google-cloud-sdk.bq - google-cloud-sdk.docker-credential-gcloud - google-cloud-sdk.gcloud - google-cloud-sdk.gsutil - google-cloud-sdk.kubectl snap-id: MJbt3BgxESyOON7gqKVEnA06NLRM3Dxd tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-18.04 refresh-date: today at 16:24 UTC channels: latest/stable: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic latest/candidate: ↑ latest/beta: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic latest/edge: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic installed: 337.0.0 (178) 237MB classic $ grep "release-upgrader version" /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log 2021-04-20 16:24:46,328 INFO release-upgrader version '18.04.40' started
# Upgrading Xenial to Bionic on GCE (again with more logs this time)
1. Launched GCE instance
2. Installed google-cloud-sdk snap
3. Updated system
4. Verified the tracking channel was updated
$ sudo snap install google-cloud-sdk --channel latest/ stable/ ubuntu- 16.04 --classic 20T16:24: 02Z INFO Waiting for automatic snapd restart... /snapcraft. io/google- cloud-sdk /cloud. google. com/sdk/ docs/ cloud-sdk. anthoscli cloud-sdk. docker- credential- gcloud cloud-sdk. gcloud cloud-sdk. gsutil cloud-sdk. kubectl gqKVEnA06NLRM3D xd stable/ ubuntu- 16.04 /snapcraft. io/google- cloud-sdk /cloud. google. com/sdk/ docs/ cloud-sdk. anthoscli cloud-sdk. docker- credential- gcloud cloud-sdk. gcloud cloud-sdk. gsutil cloud-sdk. kubectl gqKVEnA06NLRM3D xd stable/ ubuntu- 18.04 dist-upgrade/ main.log
2021-04-
google-cloud-sdk 337.0.0 from Cloud SDK (google-cloud-sdk✓) installed
$ sudo snap info google-cloud-sdk
name: google-cloud-sdk
summary: Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services
publisher: Cloud SDK (google-cloud-sdk✓)
store-url: https:/
contact: https:/
license: unset
description: |
Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services
commands:
- google-
- google-cloud-sdk.bq
- google-
- google-
- google-
- google-
snap-id: MJbt3BgxESyOON7
tracking: latest/
refresh-date: today at 17:20 UTC
channels:
latest/stable: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic
latest/candidate: ↑
latest/beta: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic
latest/edge: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic
installed: 337.0.0 (178) 237MB classic
$ do-release-upgrade -p
$ sudo snap info google-cloud-sdk
name: google-cloud-sdk
summary: Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services
publisher: Cloud SDK (google-cloud-sdk✓)
store-url: https:/
contact: https:/
license: unset
description: |
Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services
commands:
- google-
- google-cloud-sdk.bq
- google-
- google-
- google-
- google-
snap-id: MJbt3BgxESyOON7
tracking: latest/
refresh-date: today at 16:24 UTC
channels:
latest/stable: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic
latest/candidate: ↑
latest/beta: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic
latest/edge: 337.0.0 2021-04-20 (178) 237MB classic
installed: 337.0.0 (178) 237MB classic
$ grep "release-upgrader version" /var/log/
2021-04-20 16:24:46,328 INFO release-upgrader version '18.04.40' started