# One reason why I love OpenBSD

> Published at 2024-01-13T22:55:33+02:00

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I just upgraded my OpenBSD's from `7.3` to `7.4` by following the unattended upgrade guide:

[https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade74.html](https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade74.html)  

```shell
$ doas installboot sd0 # Update the bootloader (not for every upgrade required)
$ doas sysupgrade # Update all binaries (including Kernel)
``` 

`sysupgrade` downloaded and upgraded to the next release and rebooted the system. After the reboot, I run:

> Note to myself: I have to undo the `/var/www` symlink before upgrading, and re-establishing the symlink afterwards again. This is due to disk space constraings on my setup!

```shell
$ doas sysmerge # Update system configuration files
$ doas pkg_add -u # Update all packages
$ doas reboot # Just in case, reboot one more time
```

That's it! Took me around 5 minutes in total! No issues, only these few comands, only 5 minutes! It just works! No problems, no conflicts, no tons (actually none) config file merge conflicts.

I followed the same procedure the previous times and never encountered any difficulties with any OpenBSD upgrades.

I have seen upgrades of other Operating Systems either take a long time or break the system (which takes manual steps to repair). That's just one of many reasons why I love OpenBSD! There appear never to be any problems. It just gets its job done!

[The OpenBSD Project](https://www.openbsd.org)  

BTW: are you looking for an opinionated OpenBSD VM hoster? OpenBSD Amsterdam may be for you. They rock (I am having a VM there, too)!

[https://openbsd.amsterdam](https://openbsd.amsterdam)  

E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-)

Other *BSD related posts are:

[2025-12-07 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 8: Observability](./2025-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.md)  
[2025-10-02 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 7: k3s and first pod deployments](./2025-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.md)  
[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md)  
[2025-05-11 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network](./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md)  
[2025-04-05 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 4: Rocky Linux Bhyve VMs](./2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md)  
[2025-02-01 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 3: Protecting from power cuts](./2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md)  
[2024-12-03 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation](./2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md)  
[2024-11-17 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage](./2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md)  
[2024-04-01 KISS high-availability with OpenBSD](./2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md)  
[2024-01-13 One reason why I love OpenBSD (You are currently reading this)](./2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md)  
[2022-10-30 Installing DTail on OpenBSD](./2022-10-30-installing-dtail-on-openbsd.md)  
[2022-07-30 Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex](./2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md)  
[2016-04-09 Jails and ZFS with Puppet on FreeBSD](./2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md)  

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