Likewise on this one. I’d appreciate a response from Best Practice as to the proper ordering for an upgrade…
On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Jo Rhett <jrh...@netconsonance.com> wrote: > Hey guys and gals, been a long time. > > I’m doing an upgrade from 3.8.5 to 4.2. It seems to be going well. I’m liking > the changes. Glad to see RTFM integrated. My one big question here that I > think the documentation could definitely improve upon, is what order to do > the changes in? There are changes in every one of these pages and there’s no > clear outline for which ones go first. > > https://www.bestpractical.com/docs/rt/4.2/README.html > https://www.bestpractical.com/docs/rt/4.2/UPGRADING-3.8.html > https://www.bestpractical.com/docs/rt/4.2/UPGRADING-4.0.html > https://www.bestpractical.com/docs/rt/4.2/UPGRADING-4.2.html > https://www.bestpractical.com/docs/rt/4.2/UPGRADING.mysql.html > > I build the new installation on a new system so I’ve done a test upgrade the > following way — totally just guessing which things to do in which order. Can > someone take a moment to validate if I did it right? > > 1. Loaded a backup of the running system's database, renamed to rt4 > 2. Installed apache2 and mod_perl2, set up vhost according to > https://www.bestpractical.com/docs/rt/4.2/web_deployment.html > 3. Download 4.2.9, extract, ./configure --with-web-handler=modperl2 > --with-web-user=apache --with-web-group=apache > 4. sudo make fixdeps > 5. make install > 6. perl etc/upgrade/upgrade-mysql-schema.pl rt4 rt_user password > > ~/update.sql > (read and saw only changes to utf8) > 7. mysql -u rt-user -p rt4 < ~/update.sql > > 8. Cleanup from UPGRADING-3.8 > $ cd /opt/rt4 > $ perl -I /opt/rt4/local/lib -I /opt/rt4/lib > etc/upgrade/shrink_transactions_table.pl > $ perl -I /opt/rt4/local/lib -I /opt/rt4/lib etc/upgrade/vulnerable-passwords > $ perl -I /opt/rt4/local/lib -I /opt/rt4/lib etc/upgrade/vulnerable-passwords > --fix > $ perl -I /opt/rt4/local/lib -I /opt/rt4/lib > etc/upgrade/split-out-cf-categories > > 9. Database upgrade > $ perl -I/opt/rt4/local/lib -I/opt/rt4/lib sbin/rt-setup-database --action > upgrade --prompt-for-dba-password > $ perl -I /opt/rt4/local/lib -I /opt/rt4/lib etc/upgrade/upgrade-articles > $ sbin/rt-validator --check > $ sbin/rt-validator --check --resolve > > I’m thinking that perhaps step 8 should have been done before 6 and 7, but it > seems to have worked and it displays the tickets and seems to operate > properly. > > -- > Jo Rhett > +1 (415) 999-1798 > Skype: jorhett > Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet > projects. > -- Jo Rhett +1 (415) 999-1798 Skype: jorhett Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet projects.
