unifi-os-server: require Debian 13

Every failed install this week ran on Debian 12, where the installer rejects the Podman that ships there. The default is 13; an override now fails before the 785 MB download.
2026-10-23 11:45:03 +00:00 · 2026-10-23 11:35:34 +02:00
2 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -569,11 +569,7 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit

 ### 💾 Core

-  - Telemetry: explain and categorize by the command that failed [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#166](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/166))
- error-handler: report a handled silent failure only on its own line [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#165](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/165))
- VM silent: return the failure instead of exiting [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#164](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/164))
- error-handler: keep the start explanation and the final IP lookup from failing the run [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#163](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/163))
- error output: report a failure inside a subshell once [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#162](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/162))
+  - error output: report a failure inside a subshell once [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#162](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/162))
 - general: allow Composer as root in every script [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#161](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/161))
 - lxc-updater: skip the resource check when the container cannot read its RAM [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#160](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/160))
 - vm-core: let vm_timezone_default survive a host without /etc/timezone [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#159](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/159))
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os

+if is_debian && [[ "$(get_os_version_major)" -lt 13 ]]; then
+  msg_error "UniFi OS Server needs Debian 13: its installer requires a newer Podman than Debian 12 ships."
+  exit 238
+fi
+
 if [[ "${CTTYPE:-1}" != "0" ]]; then
  msg_error "UniFi OS Server requires a privileged LXC container."
  msg_error "Recreate the container with unprivileged=0."