Best practices for upgrading/migrating from W2K8 R2 to W2K12 R2 with Jira & Confluence?

[Rachid Amajoud]

Hi,

i would like to migrate/upgrade the Windows OS of Jira and Confluence, what is the best way to achieve this without Jira/ Confluence configuration impact?

grtz

[Andrew]

Hi @Rachid Amajoud ,

Jira&Conf are java application and should be platform independent. It may be worth paying attention to the permissions on Windows and check that tomcat has permission on JIRA_HOME.

What database is used? I think You need find recommendation from DB vendors.

Also changing URL might affect on attachments. If your new server will be at the same URL it should work fine.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Bitbucket-articles/Upgrade-Best-Practices/ba-p/932563

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/system-requirements-126517514.html

[Rachid Amajoud]

hi Андрей Жидков,

thx for your reply!

We are still using a postgreDB.

But do you recommend a migration or an upgrade of the Windows OS?

grtz

R.

[Andrew]

Hi @Rachid Amajoud ,

IMHO: I prefer migration.

In any case I recommended keep one working instance. 

In migration case You will clone application-data/DB to new instance and make smoke test then change DNS to new instance. Downtime old instance depend on size of data and clone time. If some wrong You just up old instance.

In case upgrade I recommend make clone of the current instance and try upgrade of clone.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/installation-and-upgrade

B.R.

[Rachid Amajoud]

Андрей Жидков,

thx for your advice!

grtz

Rachid

[Rachid Amajoud]

Андрей Жидков,

i am running now jira/Confluence on W2K8 R2 Standard, so if I migrate to W2K16 DC, it should not be a problem?

grtz

R.

[Andrew]

Hi @Rachid Amajoud ,

I think not. As I said the jira/conf is java app and should be platform independent. Use java same version in both and it should work. Check permissions, firewalls rules, hardware resource etc.

For example, the postgresql by default use the port 5432 then OS should give access to this port for jira/conf.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/jira-applications-installation-requirements-802592164.html?_ga=2.58284522.1119616481.1555313086-115832795.1554099184

B.R.

[Rachid Amajoud]

Андрей Жидков,

thx for your answer!

grtz

Rachid