Upgrade path from 7.13 to 8.5

Question

I have reviewed the documentation and notes and am unsure of the upgrade path I need to take Confluence Data Centre 7.13 all the way through to 8.5.

Is it a simple as upgrading from 7.13 to 7.19 then on to 8.5, or do I need to upgrade to other intermediate versions?

Thanks in advance of any advice.

Ray

Rilwan Ahmed · Answer

Hi @raymond Scott ,

I could not find any links to give you the upgrade paths.

Referring to the upgrade checklist, I think there should be no problem for upgrading from 8.2 to 9.12
https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver0912/upgrade-checklist-1346046999.html

I would suggest you to check these

1. Supported platforms
https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver0912/supported-platforms-1346046805.html

2. Upgrade checklist
https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver0912/upgrade-checklist-1346046999.html

3. Disable reindex after upgrade
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-disable-automatic-re-indexes-after-upgrading-935383670.html

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-74882

Please note:  
Always try your upgrade in test server and then do in production.

raymond Scott · Answer

Rilwan - Thanks so much for the reply. Is it the same taking JIRA Data Centre 8.2 to version 9.12 or do I need to go thru 9.4?

Rilwan Ahmed · Answer

Hi @raymond Scott ,

You can directly upgrade from confluence 7.13 to 8.5. No need of any intermediate versions.

I would suggest, try upgrading in test server and then in production.

Details in https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf85/confluence-upgrade-matrix-1283361508.html (at the bottom of the page)