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Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed

Added by Nikolay Baranov almost 11 years ago

Hi!

We need to perform upgrade from redmine1.3.0/ruby1.8.7/rails3.0.4 (production) to last stable version (probably redmine2.4.1/ruby1.9.3/rails3.2.13).

OS is Linux Ubuntu 11.4.

We have 1 server for tests and experiments.

How to do it with minimum possible problems? Are there any recommendations for order and technology such upgrade?

Any advice would greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Nikolay


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RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Anonymous almost 11 years ago

You will find loads of installation and upgrade recommendations in the Wiki
http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/HowTos

I personally did the same (from 1.3 to 2.2.4): basically I did a parallel installation in /usr/share/redmine2.
The trick was to export the production database, import it (after finished installing the second redmine) in the new database and do the rake-db-migrate-stuff. Worked great and is no risk. I did not directly upgrade Production and would not recommend that. Database export/import is fast and means little offline-time to users.
After testing the new redmine, I disabled the previous redmine in apache-configuration and told users to use the new redmine2-link.

Hope this helps

Alex

RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Nikolay Baranov almost 11 years ago

Thanks a lot, Alex!
This is a good idea use such approach instead of upgrade, especially because we have additional server.
One question more - how to integrate SCM subversion to new server after redmine migration?

Nikolay

RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Anonymous almost 11 years ago

I'm sorry, I have no knowledge/experiences with SCM and can give no advice on that.

regards

Alex

RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Ivan Cenov almost 11 years ago

Nikolay Baranov wrote:

Thanks a lot, Alex!
This is a good idea use such approach instead of upgrade, especially because we have additional server.
One question more - how to integrate SCM subversion to new server after redmine migration?

Nikolay

I suppose that you have to make svn executable visible to the new Redmine.

RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Anonymous almost 11 years ago

Nikolay,

did you succeed in upgrading? Could you share your experiences,

thanks

Alex

RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Nikolay Baranov almost 11 years ago

Hi Alex!

I installed new configuration and migrate Redmine DB succesfully. At this moment I have troubles with plugins migration and don't know how to do it, because probably it needed something changes in source code.

Great Guide with detailed instruction is
http://grandslam90.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/howto-redmine-2-0-0-passenger-subversion-repositories-in-ubuntu-12-04/

Nikolay

RE: Redmine upgrade recommended technology - advice needed - Added by Anonymous almost 11 years ago

Hi Nikolay,

thanks for the update and the nice guide! With plugins the only advice I could give is to check compatibility with your new version of redmine before installing. Or install plugins one by one to identify which makes troubles.

Alex

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