Update rocketchat-server from 7.15.5 to 8.x via snap not working

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Search carefully here & github on how to do this.

Snaps, Docker, Mongo, upgrades

Snaps and upgrades OK so I don’t have to keep writing the SAME thing over and over. First read this about snaps: [Unsupported] “Rocket.Chat provides no support for these additional deployment methods” IOW Snaps are no longer supported and YMMV. Next. I don’t believe that snaps will AUTOMATICALLY upgrade the Mongo DB from 7 to 8 inside the snap. IIRC I believe manual intervention is required but I do not have a snap to test with. Check Mongo docs for ‘Feature compatibility’ and look f…

Deadlock-Bug in snap revision 1785 - Upgrade from RC7 to 8 fails during pre_refresh hook

As advised, it is not a supported option any longer and people should move. Singularly pointless comment. Good luck with your move. “All that glisters is not gold”