OLS one-click deployment on GCP new Terra deployment

[arithmatics]

I went to spin up a new instance and the process has changed.

just wondering if there is any major difference or if it's best practice to spin up a new instance and migrate the old site to the new instance every now and again?

 

[Cold-Egg]

Hi,
The Deployment Manager feature is deprecated and no longer supported by GCP, so we have to use Terraform as the only deployment method for GCP. See https://cloud.google.com/marketplace/docs/partners/vm/configure-dm-deployment for more information

By the way, the new image was built with Ubuntu 24.04. If your site needs to run with old PHP, like PHP 74, then you might want to stay with the old instance.

 

[arithmatics]

I see, thank you for the reply!

 

[Cold-Egg]

No problem.

 

[arithmatics]

Another question so since you mentioned that the new image was built with Ubuntu 24.04, Can my old instance update/upgrade to this?

I guess my main question is since I already have instances built, do i need to consider deploying new instances and migrating my sites to them to keep things fresh/updated?

 

[Cold-Egg]

For the current instance, simply run an apt update, and an apt upgrade should be sufficient. Upgrading the OS might lead to some unexpected issues that you'll need to address."

If you want to use the new instance, you can launch it, and then migrate the sites from the old server.