Which software to download for upgrade

[Doug Kozar]

We have JIRA and Confluence running on our own CentOS server.

We are ready to make our first upgrade. What do we download?

• Server copy? or
• Data Center copy?

And,

• Linux 64 bit? or
• TAR.GZ Archive?

Thank you.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Probably server.  If you have only one server, then definitely server.

For Jira, check if you are running Jira Core, Software and/or Service Desk.  If you have Software, use that one (even if you also have Service Desk)

Linux 64 bit will give you an installer, which is a better option for upgrades.

Finally, check your versions first - you may need to step through some (e.g. do not go from Jira 6.4 to anything higher than 7.0)

[Doug Kozar]

Ok, thanks @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-. We are running JIRA/Confluence standalone on 1 server. I figured Server / Linux 64 bit was the one, but just wanted to confirm as I step through my first upgrade and document my process.

BTW, are you saying not to go straight to 6.7.1? I posted the other day about that exact path and was told I could go straight to 6.7.1 --> https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-best-to-approach-upgrading-Confluence/qaq-p/726200

Your thoughts on the upgrade path?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You haven't said where you are starting from, so I don't know.

But for Confluence, any version of 6 can go straight to 6.7.  If it's 5.something, I'd recommend going to 5.13, then 6.0 then 6.7, but I'd actually try a 5.high (5.10+) straight to 6.7 - it can work fine.

[Doug Kozar]

Right, I thought you might have looked at my link...we are on 6.3.1 for Confluence @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-