April 2019 - Lars-Sören Steck

How to perform a Release- / Distribution Upgrade on Ubuntu Server / Debian with Check_MK Raw Edition (CRE) installed

Problem: You have installed Check_MK Raw Edition (CRE) on your server running Ubuntu Server / Debian. You want to perform a release / distribution upgrade (for example from Ubuntu Server 14.04 to 16.04 or from Debian Jessie to Debian Stretch). How to perform the distribution upgrade while Check_MK is installed? Consider that you have to […]

How to fix no login prompt on local console after Ubuntu Server upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04

Problem: An Ubuntu Server system has been upgraded with do-release-upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04. SSH connections are possible and working fine, but there is no output (or only a fsck message) on the local console (for example VNC console at your VPS provider). Login via the local console / VNC console is therefore not possible, […]