Should I stop the server for upgrades? (Answer: No, why would you? :) )

Roon Software Discussion Linux
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Maybe a dumb question, but…

If I’m upgrading a linux installation and the upgrade includes something that requires a reboot, should I manually stop the Roon server before rebooting?

And if I should, can I do that with a simple systemctl stop roonserver or is there a more “official” way to do it?

Thanks!

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You can stop Roon server with systemctl stop roonserver.service, but it isn’t necessary to do so if you reboot your system. At shutdown for reboot, all running processes will receive a STOP signal…

That said, you might also consider delay the system reboot until a convenient moment. Linux doesn’t force you to reboot immediately after an upgrade.

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I just reboot my Debian NUC running Roon, Plex and LMS and never have a problem with anything, you don’t need to stop services beforehand.

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