Upgrade JIRA Software Server version from 8.1 to 8.9

Jenny Alvarez

Since we have not started officially the issue management yet with our JIRA, I think it is the best time to upgrade to JIRA latest version (from 8.1 to 8.9).

Current Setting:

- Added custom field setting, set dashboard, permissions, notification and registered users.

- Email notification is not set up yet

- DB is still H2 database.

- Add-ons: In Product Translation for Jira and JIRA Calendar Plugin

Questions:

1. Can we upgrade the version directly from 8.1 to 8.9?

2. Do I need to download 8.9 instance and install overwriting 8.1?

3. May I know your thought on this upgrade? Have you encountered setbacks when you upgrade to latest version? Do you have recommendation for other versions?

 

Benjamin_tmh9yg

HI @Jenny Alvarez ,

 

I recently upgraded from an earlier version of 8.X. No issue.

Should start using a different database, if you are using it more than an evaluation. Possibly Postgres or mysql. Jira server has a feature to see if your system is prepare for the upgrade. Should take a look at the first before upgrade.

 

You can find the instructions here to proceed. This is exactly what I did to successfully upgrade:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/upgrading-jira-installer-938846937.html

Hope this helps.

 

If you are running your server virtually, even easier. You can save the instance and reload the instance backup if it doesn't work. 

 

Thanks,

 

Ben