Thanks Bob, Noted!!! You had been so helpful to me. Regards, Gerald On Dec 9, 2015 6:06 PM, "Knut Staring" <knu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Bob, > > This is very helpful, and should be part of the documentation. > > Should have thought of the need for Step 7 when I was upgrading recently, > would have saved me a ton of headache > > Knut > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I know questions about this comes up now and again. I just finished >> doing exactly this for a regional server today so I list my steps here >> for those planning a similar process. >> >> Starting state was a server running ubuntu 12.04, openjdk 7 and dhis2 >> 2.16. >> >> Database backup was made and a copy kept off the server. >> >> 1. Upgrade the OS to 14.04. This is the longest (and scariest) step >> - a big upgrade to do over the internet. But the recommended >> procedure (running 'sudo do-release-upgrade') worked fine. Took a few >> hours. Ubuntu creates an emergency ssh backdoor on port 1022 while >> this is going on, but fortunately I didn't have to use it. But we did >> have ufw firewall running so I took the precaution of opening that >> port just in case (sudo ufw allow 1022). >> >> 2. Install oracle java 8 : >> >> sudo apt-get install software-properties-common >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer >> sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle >> >> 3. Download all the upgrade scripts and war files >> for ver in 17 18 19 20 21; >> do >> wget -O dhis-2.$ver.war >> https://www.dhis2.org/download/releases/2.$ver/dhis.war; >> wget >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhis2/dhis2-utils/master/resources/sql/upgrade-2$ver.sql >> done >> >> 4. Read carefully all the upgrade notes at: >> https://www.dhis2.org/217-upgrade >> https://www.dhis2.org/218-upgrade >> https://www.dhis2.org/219-upgrade >> https://www.dhis2.org/220-upgrade >> https://www.dhis2.org/221-upgrade >> >> 5. shutdown nginx with >> sudo service nginx stop >> >> 6. start deploying war files and checking logs as we go. Apply >> upgrade scripts as necessary >> >> dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.17.war dhis2; tail -f >> /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out >> >> dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.18.war dhis2; tail -f >> /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out >> >> cat upgrade-219.sql |psql dhis2 >> dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.19.war dhis2; tail -f >> /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out >> >> cat upgrade-220.sql |psql dhis2 >> dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.12.war dhis2; tail -f >> /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out >> >> 7. clear nginx cache and restart >> sudo -s >> rm /var/cache/nginx/* >> exit >> sudo service nginx start >> >> That's about it. So far everything seems ok. We just hope there are >> not problems from messy metadata. Probably it is a better I idea to >> do integrity checks on the metadata right at the very start (I >> forgot). >> >> Note I am holding back on 2.21 upgrade because of the issue with md5 >> passwords mentioned in the upgrade notes. I'll give the users a day >> or two to make sure they have tested their logins. Will take 5 >> minutes to do when the time comes. >> >> Note that the OS upgrade is necessary to get the right tomcat version >> through the package system. We could have avoided by doing a custom >> tomcat install, but I prefer to stick with the packages. >> >> Hope the above helps anyone else faced with this challenge. >> >> Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > Knut Staring > Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo > Norway: +4791880522 > Skype: knutstar > http://dhis2.org > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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