Thanks Christian, that's a very good news that upgrading could be very simple.
Yes, we have a MySQL DB & yes we'll definitely take a dump of it first. 1. I'll check whether we can have a replica of the production Reviewboard server. Do i need to have exact replica with all the RB dependencies? If that's doable then do i just need to follow the steps in the following doc for the upgrade? https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/3.0/admin/upgrading/upgrading-reviewboard/ 2. Also, if in case an exact replica of the production server is not possible, then is it ok that I do a fresh installation of RB v3.0.15 on the fresh server by following the doc: https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/3.0/admin/installation/linux/ Also, I'll create the replica of the existing Reviewboard DB. Then will the installation steps guide me to point to the replica of the DB & at the same time change the DB schema? 3. OR do you suggest to install v2.5.6.1 first on the test server & then upgrade to v3.0.15? My concern here is I'll use the same steps mentioned in https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/manual/3.0/admin/upgrading/upgrading-reviewboard/ . So are all the dependencies mentioned in this link compatible with v2.5.6.1 as I think these installation steps would be more compatible with the latest version i.e v3.0.15? Please suggest. Many Thanks, Gautam. On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM Christian Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > You shouldn’t even need to upgrade to the latest 2.5.x release first. > Review Board can safely be upgraded from any release to any newer release. > > Definitely do a backup first, and try a test upgrade on a test server, if > at all possible. > > If you are using MySQL, do a database scheme dump and make sure all tables > are using InnoDB. Modern versions of MySQL uses this by default, and if you > have some tables using MyISAM format, you can encounter upgrade problems. > > As long as you test your upgrade first, your production upgrade should go > smoothly. If things go wrong, we include database repair with a Premium > Support contract, and have reduced hourly repair costs under Basic Support. > See https://www.reviewboard.org/support/ for info on support options. > > Christian > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 03:23 Paul Mansfield < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> AFAIK, you simply need to upgrade to the highest version of 2.5, and then >> upgrade to 3.x >> >> Do it on a backup copy of your production server >> >> >> https://www.reviewboard.org/news/2017/11/21/its-here-review-board-3-0-is-here/ >> >> https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/3.0/ >> >> >> -- >> Supercharge your Review Board with Power Pack: >> https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/ >> Want us to host Review Board for you? Check out RBCommons: >> https://rbcommons.com/ >> Happy user? 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