Noted! Thanks!!! Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 23, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Mark Waite <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since you spent a long time on a single version, you should probably upgrade > to a long term support version (currently 1.642.1) rather than to a weekly > version. LTS versions have additional testing and tend to be supported > longer (though none of them are supported for 5 years). > > Mark Waite > >> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 8:50 AM Nia Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you this has been most helpful and I will be sure to come back with >> any questions if I encounter any issues! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Baptiste Mathus <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Basically, yes, there are obviously many risks doing a fast-forward of >>> almost 5 years, maybe even more with a project as active as Jenkins :). >>> >>> BUT, depending on your environment (how many jobs, nodes, exotic configs, >>> unmaintained/custom plugins...), this may not be a so big issue in the end. >>> The upgrade should still be pretty automatic if you're a bit lucky. >>> No specific patch or something should be required off the top of my head. >>> >>> What you want to do is to replicate your whole current install the new >>> target server, and just try upgrading. You'll see how it goes. Crawl the >>> archive here about how to move a server onto another machine about that >>> (basically, rsync should almost always be sufficient from my experience). >>> >>> When you have done that, and have found specific issues, don't hesitate to >>> come back here to ask for help/advice. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> -- Cheers >>> >>> 2016-01-21 17:40 GMT+01:00 Nia Hunter <[email protected]>: >>>> Good morning, I have two basic questions. I am not sure if this is the >>>> correct group for these questions, if not please let me know where to pose >>>> these questions. >>>> >>>> We are using Jenkins as a stand-alone application on our UNIX server. >>>> >>>> 1. Other than Java 7 and above, are there any System Requirements or >>>> Environmental constraints associated with upgrading from a much older >>>> version of Jenkins to the latest? For example, we are using Version 1.423 >>>> and would like to go to at least Version 1.638, but preferably the latest. >>>> Is there a patch required when doing an upgrade from such an old version? >>>> >>>> 2. Are there any general risks associated with upgrading from an older >>>> version to a newer version? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Jenkins Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/8afcd1af-840f-4d05-b72e-afcc8a57600f%40googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-users/55-9UlaD44A/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >> >>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CANWgJS6_D7COajvP0XadaY7dn71_nTLyExuFkS72aRxL%2B%3DqY8Q%40mail.gmail.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/E2DE1AE0-27CF-4288-A86F-9A31B4935CD3%40gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-users/55-9UlaD44A/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/CAO49JtFoUYwG1DHJHAr9vpSobUwQ7JDTZfkwVOVxkarXsNpTSQ%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/92A7187B-98F3-44AC-95A8-46F2F123516D%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
