Best upgrade path from 3.4.5 to 5.4.2

Question

Hi!

We are currently on Confluence 3.4.5 and want to upgrade to 5.4.2. As stated in the upgrade guide we should skip the incremental step of upgrading to major version 4 in between and go directly to version 5.x.x. According to this we are supposed to upgrade manually because we are on a version pre-3.5.x but to what version should we update manually to? Be reading various threads like this it seems like we should manually update from 3.4.5 -> 3.5.17 first.

Have I understood this correctly?

3.4.5 Manually ->  3.5.17 -> 5.0.3 -> 5.4.2

Any other suggestions?

Thank you very much!

Jonas Petersson · Answer

Hi, thank you for your reply.

It is stated like this in the manual:

* Are upgrading from a version earlier than Confluence 3.5 you will need to upgrade manually.

So there is a "manually upgrade" process to use for versions earlier than 3.4.x > 3.5 if I understand it correctly.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Oh, I see.  The older upgrade method was renamed as "upgrading manually".

Yes, you need to do it this way to get on to Confluence 3.5

Jonas Petersson · Answer

Ok great. Thanks!