[rudder-users] 2.5 to 2.9 Migration

Nicolas Charles nicolas.charles at normation.com
Fri Jan 17 16:29:18 CET 2014


Hello,

This part of the doc refers to a migration to another Rudder server (you 
have a Rudder Server A, and want to install on another system a Rudder 
Server B, and export everything from A to B), but they need to be both 
in the same version.
Copying everything from a 2.5 to a 2.9 will cause invalid configuration 
of the serveur.

If you really want to test the migration, you'll have to install a new 
Rudder 2.5, export all data from the existing Rudder server to the new 
Rudder server, and then upgrade the new Rudder server to 2.9

Regards,
Nicolas

On 17/01/2014 16:24, Prestasit01 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This is the doc used => 
> http://www.rudder-project.org/rudder-doc-2.9/rudder-doc.html
>
> §10.10.2 Handle configuration files
>
> CJARDIN
>
> *De :*Jonathan Clarke [mailto:jonathan.clarke at normation.com]
> *Envoyé :* vendredi 17 janvier 2014 16:02
> *À :* Prestasit01; rudder-users at lists.rudder-project.org
> *Objet :* Re: [rudder-users] 2.5 to 2.9 Migration
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm sorry but I don't understand what doc you are referring to. Could 
> you send a link to that doc, so I can try?
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 17/01/14 15:57, Prestasit01 wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     As told in the doc (10.10.2), i copied the
>     /var/rudder/configuration-repository and i have followed the
>     procedure.
>
>     I don't want to upgrade my 2.5 server to 2.9, but i just want to
>     test the migration between a 2.5 and a 2.9.
>
>     In previous version it was possible. I hope that someone got one
>     other idea to correct the issue, Maybe there is a bug ?
>
>     Thanks
>
>     *De :*Jonathan Clarke [mailto:jonathan.clarke at normation.com]
>     *Envoyé :* vendredi 17 janvier 2014 15:50
>     *À :* Prestasit01; rudder-users at lists.rudder-project.org
>     <mailto:rudder-users at lists.rudder-project.org>
>     *Objet :* Re: [rudder-users] 2.5 to 2.9 Migration
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I don't understand - which folder have you copied from the 2.5
>     server to the 2.9?
>
>     This is not the suggested way to upgrade a Rudder server. All our
>     packages are designed for simple upgrade, so you can simply change
>     the yum/apt repoistory and run "aptitude/yum install
>     rudder-server-root" to upgrade. All data migrations are handled
>     automatically. This is explained in
>     http://www.rudder-project.org/rudder-doc-2.9/rudder-doc.html#_upgrade_rudder.
>
>     If you want to test this migration, rather than running it
>     directly on your production server (which makes sense :) ), then
>     you have two options:
>     1) If your server is a VM, the simplest is to clone it, and run
>     the upgrade on the clone.
>     2) If you can't clone your server, then it will be harder to
>     really test this upgrade. One option would be to reinstall a
>     Rudder 2.5.4 version, then import your data (copy of
>     /var/rudder/configuration-management, then git commit, then
>     restore archive, then run yum/aptitude install rudder-server-root
>     to upgrade to 2.9.2).
>
>     I hope this helps you.
>
>     Jonathan
>
>
>     On 17/01/14 15:37, Prestasit01 wrote:
>
>         In complement : exact versions are =>
>
>         - rudder-server-root-2.9.2.release-1.EL.6
>
>         - rudder-server-root-2.5.4.release-1.EL.6
>
>         *De :*rudder-users-bounces at lists.rudder-project.org
>         <mailto:rudder-users-bounces at lists.rudder-project.org>
>         [mailto:rudder-users-bounces at lists.rudder-project.org] *De la
>         part de* Prestasit01
>         *Envoyé :* vendredi 17 janvier 2014 15:30
>         *À :* rudder-users at lists.rudder-project.org
>         <mailto:rudder-users at lists.rudder-project.org>
>         *Objet :* [rudder-users] 2.5 to 2.9 Migration
>
>         Hello,
>
>         Our rudder-server-root version is 2.5 and we would like to
>         test the migration to a 2.9 version.
>
>         I have created a new server in 2.9, then this folder
>         /var/rudder/configuration-repository has been copied from the
>         2.5 server to the 2.9.
>
>         I have reloaded the technique library & restored the global
>         archive with « latest git commit » but nothing appear after
>         the deployement.
>
>         Have you got an idea ?
>
>         Thanks
>
>         CJARDIN
>
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