want to migrate confluence 3.0.2 from windows to linux

[kartheek8134]

Hi 

What steps to follow for moving confluence 3.0.2 from Windows to Linux and how  to restore the data from windows to Linux ,I think older versions doesn't have export xml ,import  xml .Please let me know possible ways.

[Shannon S]

Hello Kartheek,

Thank you for contacting us for help with this. Happy to assist.

The very first step will be upgrading your Confluence 3.0.2 instance to a supported version. We recently had two vulnerabilities published and they require that you upgrade immediately to avoid your instance being compromised.

For more information on the that, please read my colleague Daniel's article below: 

• Confluence CVEs and Common Questions

The upgrade process can be seen below:

• Upgrading Confluence

Essentially, to move from 3.0.2 to the latest, you will need to perform a Manual Upgrade and perform a few incremental upgrades before arriving on the final version. Our Confluence Download Archives are available in order to download previous versions of Confluence.

1. Perform a manual upgrade from Confluence version 3.0.2 to 3.5.17
2. Once on 3.5.17, upgrade again using the manual process once again, to Confluence version 5.0.3.
3. From version 5.0.3, you may then upgrade to the latest version of Confluence.

Once you're on the latest version, and you confirm that everything is functioning as expected, you can begin the move from Windows to Linux. You will want to follow the procedure below:

• Migrating Confluence Between Servers

Please make a note of this information as found in the above article:

If you're migrating from Windows to Linux, you'll need to replace the backslashes with forward slashes in the following lines in confluence.cfg.xml:
 

<property name="attachments.dir">${confluenceHome}/attachments</property>
<property name="lucene.index.dir">${localHome}/index</property>
<property name="webwork.multipart.saveDir">${localHome}/temp</property>

If you're migrating from Linux to Windows, you'll need to replace the forward slashes with backslashes in the following lines in confluence.cfg.xml:
 

<property name="attachments.dir">${confluenceHome}\attachments</property>
<property name="lucene.index.dir">${localHome}\index</property>
<property name="webwork.multipart.saveDir">${localHome}\temp</property>

If you have any trouble with the migration, please feel free to reach out to the Support Team or let us know here. 

Regards,

Shannon