Upgrading from 8.1 to 9.11

Question

Hello,

Trying to find the best way to accomplish this upgrade.

Is it possible to upgrade straight from 8.1 to 9.11? Or are there any stage upgrade I need to do before jumping to 9.11? Like going from 8.1 to 9.0 and then to 9.11.

Also, I haven't been able to find a resource that tells me what version of Java, Apache, and MySQL I will need to upgrade to.

Thank you

LM_rb6ycf · Answer

Hi Fabio,

Thank you for the guides.

This will be the first time for me working with Jira. 
These are the current versions of our environment for Jira:

Jira: 8.1.0
Java: 1.8.0_181
DB: MySQL 5.5.45-MariaDB
Apache: 8.5.35
MySQL connector java mysql-connector-java-5.1.47

Do we have to upgrade them post Jira upgrade? if so, where can I find the versions that they should be running to be compatible?

On the second document you provided, I see that MySQL should be 5.7.34 but I don't see any other information regarding the other applications.

Thank you again for the help.

Fabio Racobaldo _Catworkx_ · Answer

Hi @LM and welcome,

you can upgrade directly.  Please take a look to the following guide  https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/upgrading-jira-applications-938846936.html

Because of a change in indexing management, make sure to perform the following steps as post processing https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/upgrading-from-8-x-to-9-x-index-changes-1168845946.html

Fabio