Confluence version convertion old to nowadays

Question

Hi!

I've developed the software that is able to automate different software upgrades/migrations paths.

This is especially works for cases where manual upgrade efforts are outside of common sense.

So, now I'm testing my software to deal with a bit less than 1Tb of confluence data at version 3 to convert it to modern versions. It is impossible to convert all plugins, but confluence often used by big corporations to store different tech/non-tech knowledge bases.

I'm wondering if in the community there is any interest for my software to convert old PROD confluence to any target version?

OleksandrK_b3t7lv · Answer

Thank you Nic,

Ok, it is clear - the case I've made this software is unique, agree.

At the moment i'm using it as a scalable solution(few instances on separate servers), so users can request Spaces (or by list) that they need to migrate(Import XML/Export XML) that allows to bypass any manual operations at all. You simply tells to the software which space keys you want to copy to new Confluence, and as this software is in the middle it is upgrading Space(or some pages) with preserved structure. Is this case interesting in somehow?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Actually, not really.  Confluence upgrades and migrations are incredibly simple from 4.x to latest, and there's hardly anyone left using lower versions - we do maybe two 1/2/3.x upgrades a year and the frequency of that is in decline (last couple of years has been 3, but 2019 is down to 1).  I'm sorry, but it's simply not worth writing "handlers" when they'd take longer than just dealing with it by hand.

OleksandrK_b3t7lv · Answer

So, Are you interested to talk about solution I have?