This document tells you how to upgrade from one version of Confluence to a later version.
Also, please check the new version of Confluence which you are installing. Refer to the documentation home page to verify the latest Confluence version and to find documentation for older versions. |
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If you are migrating servers or migrating databases, perform those operations in separate steps. |
To install Confluence, unzip the new Confluence installation zip file into a directory of your choice and then edit the configuration files to point your new installation to your existing data files. Follow these instructions:
confluence-<version>, e.g. confluence-2.9.2-std.
<Installation-Directory>.confluence-init.properties file found at: <Installation-Directory>\confluence\WEB-INF\classes\confluence-init.propertiesconfluence.home' to point to your existing Confluence Home directory.
confluence-init.properties file in a text editor such as Notepad.# confluence.home=c:/confluence/data |
confluence.home.= sign, to point to your existing Confluence Home directory.<Installation-Directory>\bin\tomcat5w.exe to remove and re-install the Tomcat service. Or use the command prompt and type <Installation-Directory>\bin\service.bat remove Confluence.
It is vital that you stop and remove the existing service prior to uninstalling the old instance of Confluence! For more information on running Confluence as Windows service, please refer to the Start Confluence automatically on Windows as a Service topic. |
<confluence auto installer installation folder>\UninstallService.bat.<Install-Directory>/common/lib or <Installation-Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib directories. Once you have identified this file, copy it to either the <Install-Directory>/lib or <Installation-Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib directories of your Confluence 3.x installation.<Installation-Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/osuser.xml.<Installation-Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/atlassian-user.xml (if you are upgrading from Confluence 2.2 or later).
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Confluence (2.5.5 and earlier) and are copying your existing
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<Installation-Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib/crowd-integration-client-X.X.X.jar and <Installation-Directory>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/crowd.properties. If you need more information, please refer to the Crowd documentation.hibernate.hbm2ddl.skip_creating_missing_indexes to true to skip automatic index creation.Upgrading Confluence
Upgrading Confluence EAR-WAR Distribution
Confluence Installation Guide
Important Directories and Files
Site Backup and Restore
Database Configuration