Procedure for Updating Linux Server?

[Riklin]

I've been running EQEMU servers for several years now. Until recently they have all been windows based servers. Although they worked, their stability/reliability was always, um, lacking... I created a debian 8 server in January and have been running fine and stable ever since.

That said, I have not done any updating, and would like to. I checked the changelog and it looks like the changes should not break anything on my server. My question is whether there is a procedure or email thread involving the steps necessary to update a server on Linux? I'd rather use some steps that have been verified, rather than fumble through it, probably doing things in a wrong order, etc...

So is there a Linux server update procedure anywhere?


Thanks,
Riklin (HallsHavoc)