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author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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2 Administration Guide 2 Administration Guide
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.7 $ 5 :Version: $Revision: 1.8 $
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7 .. contents:: 7 .. contents::
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9 What does Roundup install? 9 What does Roundup install?
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100 Always make a backup of your tracker before upgrading software. Steps you may 100 Always make a backup of your tracker before upgrading software. Steps you may
101 take: 101 take:
102 102
103 1. Ensure that the unit tests run on your system. 103 1. Ensure that the unit tests run on your system:
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105 python run_tests.py
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104 2. If you're using an RDBMS backend, make a backup of its contents now. 107 2. If you're using an RDBMS backend, make a backup of its contents now.
105 3. Copy your tracker home to a new directory. 108 3. Copy your tracker home to a new directory.
106 109
107 Now, working in that copied tracker home: 110 Now, working in that copied tracker home:
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119 Once you're comfortable that the upgrade will work using that copy, you 122 Once you're comfortable that the upgrade will work using that copy, you
120 should upgrade the live version: 123 should upgrade the live version:
121 124
122 1. Stop the production web and email frontends. 125 1. Stop the production web and email frontends.
123 2. Perform the upgrade steps on the existing tracker directory. 126 2. Perform the upgrade steps on the existing tracker directory.
124 3. Upgrade the software. 127 3. Upgrade the software::
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129 python setup.py install
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125 4. Restart your tracker. 131 4. Restart your tracker.
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133 If something bad happens, you may reinstate your backup of the tracker and
134 reinstall the older version of the sofware using the same install command::
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136 python setup.py install
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127 138
128 Migrating Backends 139 Migrating Backends
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