Hi Gerald If you are not doing this over ssh like me, it would probably be best to do step 1 by popping a 14.04 server cd in the tray (or usb thingy) and upgrading the OS off that.
Bob On 9 December 2015 at 19:16, gerald thomas <gerald17...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ 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
