Upgrading JIRA from 5.0.2 to 5.2 (latest) on MacOSX

[Prem Mariappan]

Hi,

I understand that MacOSX isn't an officially supported platform, but we're running JIRA 5.0.2 (+GH) on OSX Lion nicely at the moment and are about to upgrade.

Could somebody please point me to upgrade instructions relating to upgrading from JIRA 5.0.2 to 5.2 that would apply for OSX please?

In my search, I have found the general upgrade instructions and the version specific notes (5.0.4, 5.1 and 5.2). But obviously they're Windows/Linux specific. But I'd imagine the general principles apply: 1) Backup, 2) Execute installer?

Has anyone succesfully done an upgrade? Any gotchas to watch out for?

Thank you very much.

Prem.

[Theinvisibleman · Accepted solution]

Hi Prem,

I would recommend creating a backup before attempting anything, just to be on the safe side. Also, you might want to take a look at upgrading JIRA manually :

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Upgrading+JIRA+Manually

[Prem Mariappan]

Hi Joe - why would you recommend upgrading manually? Thanks.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Follow the linux instructions. Should be almost same. And yes, the general principles apply.