Moving Jira from one server to another

Question

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver075/migrating-jira-applications-to-another-server-935390960.html#MigratingJIRAapplicationstoanotherserver-3.ExtractthefileandupgradeJIRA

The instructions is mostly on upgrading Jira. If I'm moving Jira service from one server to another, do I need to replace the home and installation directly by copying the old one and putting it in the new server location? The instructions doesn't say anything about doing this.

DPKJ · Answer

When you are moving from one server to another, * You need make a copy of both home and installation directory * Validate/Fix path to home directory in this file* /atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/jira-application.properties * Validate/Fix DB settings* if you DB is not separate server, make sure it accept connection from new server * if your DB encapsulated inside Jira Server, you will need to migrate your DB also * Also verify DB settings in /dbconfig.xml and fix if any things have changed * If you are running Jira behind reverse proxy* fix settings in reverse proxy server to point to new Jira server * If your base-url is going to change fix that after login to Jira using admin account. Above mentioned are required steps. Additionally, if you are moving to better server (with more system memory), you might want to update Jira's default memory setting to utilize new server's available memory. This can be done inside /bin/setenv.sh file (it will be setenv.bat if you are running windows).

Matt Doar_tzgiej · Answer

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver075/migrating-jira-applications-to-another-server-935390960.html is a good place to start