how to upgrade from 5.10.4 to 6.10

Question

Hi,

I need to upgrade my confluence from 5.10.4 on Linux.

My confluence has installed with the file *.TAR.GZ.
Which upgrade file should I download? *.TAR.GZ or *.bin？

Alexis Robert · Answer

Hello,

the documentation can be found here, when using the .tar.gz file you should refer to "upgrading manually" in the Atlassian documentation.

Hope this helps,

--Alexis

James Liu_ds8utk · Answer

Hi, Alexis

If I use .tar.gz file, I can not find the document to tell me how to upgrade.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html

Alexis Robert · Answer

Hi @James Liu,

it doesn't matter what type of installation you used the first time, you can always use the .bin or .tar.gz file to perform an upgrade afterwards.

The difference is that the .bin file will prompt you for some settings that you would otherwise need to edit in the Confluence configuration files (like home directory, ports, user to run Jira, ...).

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis