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Restore Older Version (4.3.2) Into new VM and higher version (5.5.4)

AndrewP

What is the most painless way to do this?

I've spun up a VM and installed the application (Confluence 5.5.4). I've configured Crowd and the Base URL along with the Proxy.

I know I have to restore some key data to make it look and feel like the existing 4.3.2 - also need the attachments file and plenty more.

Any suggestions?

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Start by stopping thinking of this as a "restore". It's an upgrade - you're upgrading from 4.3.2 to 5.5.4.

See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence

As for "making it look and feel like 4.3.2", that's a non-starter. The upgrade will include all your settings and internal configuration, but the interface has moved on from 4.3.2, and you'll need to hack core code to downgrade it all to 4.3.2. It's simply an utter waste of time - educating your users that things have changed is a far better use of the time (and less of a wrench when you go to 5.5 or 5.6). That said, the changes are not that massive between 4.3 and 5.5 - things are in roughly the same place, more options appear, and so-on

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Start by stopping thinking of this as a "restore". It's an upgrade - you're upgrading from 4.3.2 to 5.5.4.

See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence

AndrewP

I just realized I wrote that wrong...

What I meant to say is that I want the content of what we have in 4.3.2 to be restored into 5.5.4 - and what has any user found as helpful in getting this task done?

Sorry for the confusion.

I am reviewing onling tutorials and data but figured I would pose this question here as well.

Thanks.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

No problem - it's always worth asking! The question for me is if you're trying to upgrade or just import some bits from 4.3.2? I've covered the upgrade side of it, but if you really are just wanting to grab a couple of spaces from an old system and import it into a 5.5 and it's just the raw data you want, then that's also quite easy. You can export a whole space to XML in 4.3 and then simply tell 5.5 to import it. It will happily import the space with as much of the settings as it can. You might have some minor issues with macros or precise config settings, but the pages and so-on will be fine.

AndrewP

I need to import the the entire content of 4.3.2 including attachments. In this case would it be easier to install 4.3.2 on the new VM - restore the current 4.3.2 there and then upgrade instead?

AndrewP

Okay then... So firstly I am the one admin of several services which is why it's taken me so long to post an answer.

It seems that the 14 hours that it took to update from 4.3.2 to 5.5.4 is based on how the data is managed in the newer version - and is acceptable. It is a set it and forget it sort of process. During that time the app will not come up - may show a "cannot reach website" or similar error but keep checking the log file and you can see that the app is being updated.

One thing to note - we had some users who could and those who could not log into the new system. We found that in the cwd_user db that those who had a password set to "nopass" needed to be updated to "X" and then they were able to log in. ***NOTE*** that we use a CROWD interface between AD and the App itself.

Thanks NIC for all your patience and help!

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