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author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:52:54 +0000
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1 ============================
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2 Maintaining Roundup Trackers
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3 ============================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
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7 .. contents::
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8 :depth: 1
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10 Tasks
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11 =====
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13 Maintenance of Roundup can involve one of the following:
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15 1. `tracker backup`_
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16 2. `software upgrade`_
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17 3. `migrating backends`_
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20 Tracker Backup
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21 ==============
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23 Stop the web and email frontends and to copy the contents of the tracker home
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24 directory to some other place using standard backup tools.
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26 Software Upgrade
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27 ================
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29 Always make a backup of your tracker before upgrading software. Steps you may
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30 take:
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32 1. ensure that the unit tests run on your system
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33 2. copy your tracker home to a new directory
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34 3. follow the steps in the upgrading documentation for the new version of
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35 the software
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36 4. test each of the admin tool, web interface and mail gateway using the new
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37 version of the software
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38 5. stop the production web and email frontends
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39 6. perform the upgrade steps on the existing tracker directory
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40 7. upgrade the software
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41 8. restart your tracker
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43 Migrating Backends
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44 ==================
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47 1. stop the existing tracker web and email frontends (preventing changes)
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48 2. use the roundup-admin tool "export" command to export the contents of
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49 your tracker to disk
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50 3. copy the tracker home to a new directory
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51 4. change the backend used in the tracker home ``select_db.py`` file
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52 5. delete the "db" directory from the new directory
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53 6. use the roundup-admin "import" command to import the previous export with
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54 the new tracker home
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55 7. test each of the admin tool, web interface and mail gateway using the new
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56 backend
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57 8. move the old tracker home out of the way (rename to "tracker.old") and
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58 move the new tracker home into its place
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59 9. restart web and email frontends
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64 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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66 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/