To begin, you need to first take backup of your data and put it to safe location before start upgrade process. In this context, we shall look into how to Upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Here at LinuxAPT, as part of our Server Management Services, we regularly help our Customers to perform related Ubuntu queries. A new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release is available to upgrade, if you are already using an Ubuntu version.
Ubuntu provides two types of releases, one is Standard release and second is Long Term Support (LTS) release. It's easy to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 without reinstalling the operating system. Ubuntu recommend upgrading a Server Edition installation by using the do-release-upgrade command.