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VPS Customers running Debian 7 can upgrade to their latest OS version (currently Debian 8) with the following commands run as the root user:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Then change any text of the word “wheezy” in /etc/apt/sources.list to “jessie” and run the above commands again, with more upgrade commands afterwards too (as root, preferably on your VPS Console (access to which we provide)):

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade

And answer Y to any prompts (eg: to restart services) or let it proceed with defaults.

Finally and before you reboot into your new upgraded kernel and system, it’s best to purge the obsoleted Debian 7 Packages, with the following commands run as root:

apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/ { print $2 }')
apt-get autoremove

FYI,
Richard.