Migrate from 2.10 to latest version

[Naman Mandli]

We are planning to migrate from 2.10 to latest version of confluence. 

Our 2.10 license has been expired.

Should we buy the license first for 2.10 and then migrate to latest version?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You might find it easier to use an evaluation licence to get from 2.10 to 3.5, as the licence format has changed and it's a bit of a faff to get an old format one.

[Naman Mandli]

Where can I get the evaluation licence for 2.10 to upgrade it to 3.5.17?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

An evaluation licence for version 5.x will work all the way back to 3.0

[Naman Mandli]

What about 2.10 evaluation licence? 

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You don't need it - your 2.10 is running isn't it?

[Chris Hurst]

It is running but the first step in the manual upgrade is "Check your Confluence license is valid." which in our case it isn't, because it's expired. 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-manually-255363437.html

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes, that's true, it does say that, and it's a bit more of a pain to get it working if the source system doesn't have a valid licence.  But an expired licence does give you enough functionality to upgrade to a newer version (but the target version must have a valid licence!)

[Chris Hurst]

Thanks for all the help Nic. We're going to give it a go!

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Only in test of course!