JIRA upgrade in azure test environment

Question

Hi

We are hosted our JIRA applications (JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket) in azure. its all running in old versions. We want split in to four instances JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket and Database and test the upgrade with latest version.

Is there anybody gone through this. i am totally new with these things.

i am looking for a guide and upgrade path.

Thanks in advance.

Alexis Robert · Answer

Hi @[deleted],

you simply need to start the application on your new server just like you would on the old one, with an init script (something like "service jira start") or the binary (look in <atlassian-jira-xxx>/bin/ for the start-jira.sh script).

This page explains how to perform an instance migration in case you need more information.

Let me know if it helps,

--Alexis

unknown · Answer

Hi @Alexis Robert

Hope you are doing good.

Now i am stuck with few things. since new to all these.

I have moved the database to test env. and copied all the application folders and home directory to new VMs. just blank now how to start from here.

How to install all the application back in current production version.  Tried things to change the Database things. but dont know how to run the applications. Your help will be appreciated much.

Thanks in advance.

Muthu

Alexis Robert · Answer

@[deleted],

you could start by doing a database dump from your production instance and import it in your new database.

Then, create 4 new VMs and copy the application folder for each as well as the home directory. You will need at this point to edit the configuration file for Jira/Bitbucket/confluence to point to your new database so that it doesn't disturb your production environment.

If all goes well and you can start the apps, you will then be able to do the next step: upgrade to the latest version.

If everything is going well, you will then simply need to repeat these steps for production.