Re: Upgrading Jira and Confluence

From: Andrus Adamchik (andru..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Tue May 11 2010 - 10:04:06 UTC

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    Thanks Chuck :-)

    Just restored Jira: http://issues.objectstyle.org/ so everybody can
    enjoy the new UI. Just be aware that since I am still working on
    Confluence which is running on the same Java instance, Jira may go up
    and down without noticed today (and maybe tomorrow).

    Andrus

    On May 10, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Chuck Hill wrote:

    > Andrus, thanks for all your effort and endurance of pain on this.
    > We do appreciate it.
    >
    > Chuck
    >
    >
    > On May 9, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
    >
    >> An update on the server setup...
    >>
    >> Upgrading the server turned into a full reinstall from scratch. As
    >> of now I installed the OS and restored Apache, MySQL and SVN
    >> services. SVN access is read-only at the moment (see below why). In
    >> the next couple of days I am going to restore write access to SVN
    >> and install new versions of Jira and Confluence.
    >>
    >> Here are a few victims of the upgrade:
    >>
    >> * SVN passwords can no longer be managed via Jira, as there's no
    >> SHA512 patch for the latest versions of mod_auth_mysql. So I am
    >> going to create random new passwords for all WOLips committers and
    >> email them to the addresses used for Jira registration.
    >> Unfortunately there won't be a way for users to manage their SVN
    >> passwords, and anybody having problems will have to email me for a
    >> password reset. An alternative would've been setting up Atlassian
    >> Crowd, but I'd really like to limit the number of Java apps we run
    >> on the servers.
    >>
    >> (BTW, if somebody can send me a list of *active* committers, so
    >> that I don't have to create unneeded accounts, that would be great)
    >>
    >> * There is a time window this Saturday night when a data loss
    >> could've occurred, as I didn't shut down SVN/Jira/Confluence till
    >> the last second and there is a gap between the last backup and
    >> their pre-upgrade shutdown time. If any Jiras got created or code
    >> committed within that time, it likely got lost. Let me know if you
    >> indeed committed anything during that time and no longer see it. I
    >> *may* still find it, although chances are slim.
    >>
    >> I'll keep this list posted on further progress...
    >>
    >> Andrus
    >>
    >>
    >> On May 9, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
    >>> FYI...
    >>>
    >>> Prior to Confluence/Jira upgrade I had to initiate an OS upgrade
    >>> to get the latest MySQL packages. This is now in progress, so
    >>> please don't try to access SVN, Jira or Confluence until further
    >>> notice.
    >>>
    >>> Mailserver is on a separate machine, so the mailing list is not
    >>> affected.
    >>>
    >>> Andrus
    >>>
    >>> On May 7, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> There were a few security advisories recently on Jira and
    >>>> Confluence. So I am planning to perform an upgrade of those
    >>>>..bjectStyle.org. Can't tell the exact date, but could be as
    >>>> early as tomorrow. This is a heads up letting everybody know
    >>>> that both can go down during the upgrade.
    >>>>
    >>>> One thing I am afraid of is that the old "single signon" hack
    >>>> with single account for Jira, Confluence and SVN will no longer
    >>>> work (or will require a deployment of Atlassian Crowd). Will need
    >>>> to investigate that prior to upgrade.
    >>>>
    >>>> Andrus
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
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