Upgrading JIRA from 4.3.4 to JIRA 5

[Hamed Hessam]

Hi

Can anyone see some major issues forming if a do a straight upgrade from 4.3.4 to JIRA 5? I know there have been some file changes etc in between (especially in 4.4.x) according to release notes and Atlassion recommends your read them but i don't think they say anywhere not to skip a few versions.

Is this safe?
I'm running only a few projects with 10 users on a MYSQL DB on Linux.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

4.3.x to 5.0 can be done directly. Make sure all the plugins and customizations work fine! Also, test it in a test environment ;)

[Hamed Hessam]

Thanks Jobin.

Just to expand on this. I installed JIRA without root access on a unix box...when upgrading it suggests that i be admin before proceeding. Is this going to be an issue down the track?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

It shouldn't be a problem as long as the jira user has full access on the install and hiem directories. In fact, it is advised to use a separate user for JIRA. Not sure why such a warning!

[Rumceisz]

Hi Jobin,

Iwill just upgrade version 4.3.4 to 5.1.

Have you got any hints to switch off sg. (plugins, etc.) to avoid any error?

Thanks in advance!

Rumi

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

It depends on the plugins, really! For example, if you have plugins that uses OpenSymphony User object, it will fail to load. Doing a test upgrade is the best way to find out.