Updating old HA Version

Installation
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Hope this is the right category for my question:
I installed HA quite some time ago and forgetting about it after setting up just some lights and switches. I now wanted to pick it up again and update a few things in my home and therefore need to upgrade for a new device, and I can’t figure it out so far.

I am currently on Home Assistant 2021.10.6, in this guide it just tells me there should be a notification to update… there isn’t. I somehow also can’t connect via ssh to the device (connection refused) to use the CLI, but I can’t remember deactivating ssh.

My HA is running on a RPi 3, just followed the installation steps on the main page back then

Any hints how to go forward here?

2

You’ll probably need to tell us what sort of installation you have. Supervised, HAOS, container? On a VM?

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I would like to if you tell me how I can find out.

although running it for some time now I put almost no time into HA so far, so consider me a total newbie

Thats in my info

## System Health

version | core-2021.10.6
-- | --
installation_type | Home Assistant OS
dev | false
hassio | true
docker | true
user | root
virtualenv | false
python_version | 3.9.7
os_name | Linux
os_version | 5.10.17-v8
arch | aarch64
timezone | Europe/Berlin

<details><summary>Home Assistant Cloud</summary>

logged_in | false
-- | --
can_reach_cert_server | ok
can_reach_cloud_auth | ok
can_reach_cloud | ok

</details>

<details><summary>Home Assistant Supervisor</summary>

host_os | Home Assistant OS 6.5
-- | --
update_channel | stable
supervisor_version | supervisor-2022.10.2
docker_version | 20.10.7
disk_total | 57.8 GB
disk_used | 3.5 GB
healthy | true
supported | failed to load: Unsupported
board | rpi3-64
supervisor_api | ok
version_api | ok
installed_addons | File editor (5.3.3)

</details>

<details><summary>Lovelace</summary>

dashboards | 1
-- | --
resources | 0
views | 1
mode | storage

</details>
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It says right there - Home Assistant OS - so yes it should give you the option to upgrade. Unfortunately I can’t remember whether 2021.6 had a Settings tab or a Supervisor tab in the sidebar - but the upgrade option should be under one of those.

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Ok thank you, it was under Supervisor, didn’t look there closely enough

Is there a certain order I should upgrade the System and HA? It shows upgrades for both

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First - back up everything off your platform somewhere.

Then read all the breaking changes - there’s only 14 or so versions to go through (sorry), then do System, then HA.

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It gives me the option in the update to make a backup, or is there a different way somewhere in the Supervisor menu?

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Yes - back then I think it was called Snapshot? Under the Supervisor menu.

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