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1 ==================== 1 ====================
2 Administration Guide 2 Administration Guide
3 ==================== 3 ====================
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.27 $ 5 :Version: $Revision: 1.28 $
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7 .. contents:: 7 .. contents::
8 8
9 What does Roundup install? 9 What does Roundup install?
10 ========================== 10 ==========================
205 python run_tests.py 205 python run_tests.py
206 206
207 2. If you're using an RDBMS backend, make a backup of its contents now. 207 2. If you're using an RDBMS backend, make a backup of its contents now.
208 3. Make a backup of the tracker home itself. 208 3. Make a backup of the tracker home itself.
209 4. Stop the tracker web and email frontends. 209 4. Stop the tracker web and email frontends.
210 5. Follow the steps in the `upgrading documentation`_ for the new version of 210 5. Install the new version of the software::
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212 python setup.py install
213
214 6. Follow the steps in the `upgrading documentation`_ for the new version of
211 the software in the copied. 215 the software in the copied.
212 216
213 Usually you will be asked to run `roundup_admin migrate` on your tracker 217 Usually you will be asked to run `roundup_admin migrate` on your tracker
214 before you allow users to start accessing the tracker. 218 before you allow users to start accessing the tracker.
215 219
216 It's safe to run this even if it's not required, so just get into the 220 It's safe to run this even if it's not required, so just get into the
217 habit. 221 habit.
218 6. You may test each of the admin tool, web interface and mail gateway using 222 7. Restart your tracker web and email frontends.
219 the new version of the software. To do this, invoke the scripts directly
220 in the source directory with::
221
222 PYTHONPATH=. python roundup/scripts/roundup_server.py <normal arguments>
223 PYTHONPATH=. python roundup/scripts/roundup_admin.py <normal arguments>
224 PYTHONPATH=. python roundup/scripts/roundup_mailgw.py <normal arguments>
225
226 Note that on Windows, this would read::
227
228 C:\sources\roundup-0.7.4> SET PYTHONPATH=.
229 C:\sources\roundup-0.7.4> python roundup/scripts/roundup_server.py <normal arguments>
230
231 7. Once you're comfortable that the upgrade will work using that copy, you
232 should install the new version of the software::
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234 python setup.py install
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236 8. Restart your tracker web and email frontends.
237 223
238 If something bad happens, you may reinstate your backup of the tracker and 224 If something bad happens, you may reinstate your backup of the tracker and
239 reinstall the older version of the sofware using the same install command:: 225 reinstall the older version of the sofware using the same install command::
240 226
241 python setup.py install 227 python setup.py install

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