Hi Adolphe, please see Bob's guide below. I think the links still work. Note that step 3 is a shell script, but you can also do this manually. Knut ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Bob Jolliffe" <bobjolli...@gmail.com> Date: 9 Dec 2015 5:54 p.m. Subject: [Dhis2-users] Upgrading from 2.16 to 2.21 (using dhis2-tools) To: "dhis2-users" <dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net> Cc:
I know questions about this comes up now and again. I just finished > doing exactly this for a regional server today so I list my steps here > for those planning a similar process. > > Starting state was a server running ubuntu 12.04, openjdk 7 and dhis2 2.16. > > Database backup was made and a copy kept off the server. > > 1. Upgrade the OS to 14.04. This is the longest (and scariest) step > - a big upgrade to do over the internet. But the recommended > procedure (running 'sudo do-release-upgrade') worked fine. Took a few > hours. Ubuntu creates an emergency ssh backdoor on port 1022 while > this is going on, but fortunately I didn't have to use it. But we did > have ufw firewall running so I took the precaution of opening that > port just in case (sudo ufw allow 1022). > > 2. Install oracle java 8 : > > sudo apt-get install software-properties-common > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer > sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle > > 3. Download all the upgrade scripts and war files > for ver in 17 18 19 20 21; > do > wget -O dhis-2.$ver.war > https://www.dhis2.org/download/releases/2.$ver/dhis.war; > wget > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dhis2/dhis2-utils/master/resources/sql/upgrade-2$ver.sql > done > > 4. Read carefully all the upgrade notes at: > https://www.dhis2.org/217-upgrade > https://www.dhis2.org/218-upgrade > https://www.dhis2.org/219-upgrade > https://www.dhis2.org/220-upgrade > https://www.dhis2.org/221-upgrade > > 5. shutdown nginx with > sudo service nginx stop > > 6. start deploying war files and checking logs as we go. Apply > upgrade scripts as necessary > > dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.17.war dhis2; tail -f > /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out > > dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.18.war dhis2; tail -f > /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out > > cat upgrade-219.sql |psql dhis2 > dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.19.war dhis2; tail -f > /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out > > cat upgrade-220.sql |psql dhis2 > dhis2-deploy-war -f dhis-2.12.war dhis2; tail -f > /var/lib/dhis2/dhis2/logs/catalina.out > > 7. clear nginx cache and restart > sudo -s > rm /var/cache/nginx/* > exit > sudo service nginx start > > That's about it. So far everything seems ok. We just hope there are > not problems from messy metadata. Probably it is a better I idea to > do integrity checks on the metadata right at the very start (I > forgot). > > Note I am holding back on 2.21 upgrade because of the issue with md5 > passwords mentioned in the upgrade notes. I'll give the users a day > or two to make sure they have tested their logins. Will take 5 > minutes to do when the time comes. > > Note that the OS upgrade is necessary to get the right tomcat version > through the package system. We could have avoided by doing a custom > tomcat install, but I prefer to stick with the packages. > > Hope the above helps anyone else faced with this challenge. > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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