upgrade confluence from 5.4.2 to the lastest version 5.6

Question

Hello,

I would like to upgrade confluence 5.4.2 to the latest version 5.6.4 on Linux.

Before upgrading the Confluence to the new version I would like to Test this on the staging/test machine first

so I don't break the production machine.

How do I go about it? I would like to reproduce the same setting.

Which files do I copy files from the current machine ?

Thanks,

pv

pv · Answer

Hi Stephen,

When I try to logon to the localhost:8090 it still points back to the Original link: https://confluence.site.com
I changed the confluence.cfg.xml 
Is there other configuration file that I need to change?

pv · Answer

Hi Bhushan,

Could you please clarify these steps. Do I have to login to mysql tabase first to run these commands on my Test machine?
Ensuring no contact with production systems
To ensure no contact with external systems, you will need to disable both inbound and outbound mail services.
1.	Disable global outbound mail by running the following database query:
SELECT * FROM BANDANA WHERE BANDANAKEY = 'atlassian.confluence.smtp.mail.accounts';
2.	Disable space-level mail archiving by running the following database query:
SELECT * FROM BANDANA WHERE BANDANAKEY = 'atlassian.confluence.space.mailaccounts';

Thanks,
pv

pv · Answer

Stephen,
Thank you very for your excellent instruction! 
I will let you you know how it goes.
pv