Upgrade Path 5.0.b to 6.2 docker

[Splatter]

Hello,

I am currently on (a somehow broken) installation of 5.0.b community and would like to move to a new community installation. I would prefer to use the latest version in a docker-compose deployment, but would use anything else, as long as it is working.

I managed to install and start the current version using the docker-compose.yml from GitHub, but the import of the data from the old system failed. I guess, the database somehow changed between those version.

What is the path to upgrade from 5.0.b to the latest version? I read, that at least 5.2 is required as an intermediate step, but I am not sure about this.

I tried following this guide and it work well up to the import of the old data. That broke something, so that some of the docker containers did not start anymore.

I thank you in advance for any help

[angelborroy]

I guess you need to upgrade first to 6.0 and from that point to 6.2

[Splatter]

Hey,

thanks for your reply. I managed to upgrade to 5.2, but I am unable to import the backup into 6.0.

I have a dump of the postgresql database and a copy of the alf_data folder. Do I need anything else?

Thanks again for your time and effort!

[narkuss]

Here Alfresco states that you can directly upgrade from 5.2 to 6.0, but upgrading alfresco-search-services first. What errors are you getting?

[angelborroy]

You don't need anything else. What means "unable to import" the backup? You need to restore the dump of PostgreSQL and to copy the alf_data folder.

[Splatter]

I did not manage to import the postgres dump. After some more tries, I finally succeeded. I am now on 6.0, but did not manage the upgrade to 6.2 by reusing the existing docker volumes from 6.0. I do not know, what changed between the versions, maybe the user in the containers, so the files in alf_data are not accessible after the update.

For now, I am satisfied with this, as we have a working setup now.

Thanks for your time, and especially thanks for your blog posts and example configurations. They helped a lot along the way!