26 Aug
2013
26 Aug
'13
9:49 p.m.
On Aug 26, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Keith Davis <keithdavis(a)pridedallas.com> wrote:
Is there a way to start the DW without restarting
XWiki?
No.
If the DW is the preferred way, why is this on the
upgrade page?
" Starting with XWiki 4.2 you are able to use the Extension Manager to perform XAR
upgrades that support automatic merges and conflict resolution."
You're right the http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Upgrade was a bit
obsolete. I've now modified it a bit (it probably requires a larger rewrite).
Now, you should know that the DW uses the Extension Manager so the information there was
correct even though not perfect. The DW came after we developed the EM.
Thanks
-Vincent
Keith Davis - (214) 906-5183
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From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Vincent
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Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] How the first upgrade of xwiki was unsuccessful.
On Aug 26, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Clemens Klein-Robbenhaar <c.robbenhaar(a)espresto.com>
wrote:
Yes definitely, see http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/DistributionWizard
Configuration files were migrated correctly.
When I restarted tomcat and tried to log in XWiki, xwiki started a wizard.
It downloaded the default XAR, and I saw an inverted triangle to the
right of "CONTINUE" button.
When I moved the mouse cursor over the triangle, I saw a drop-down
menu with "INSTALL".
I thought "INSTALL" would install the default XAR, but when I clicked
it, I saw the button replaced with a text saying "#execute..." or
"#hold...."(I can't remember the exact text).
I guess this is something that looks like a bug ...
By the way, is the distribution manager expected to pop up on an upgrade? I thought this should only happen on a fresh
install.
Nope. It's used to upgrade all extensions (and thus upgrade wiki pages).
From which XWiki version have you been
upgrading?
No, no don't do that. That's the old way which is very dangerous and error prone.
That's why we took all that pain to develop the DW... ;)
I assumed xwiki failed to merge the new default
XAR with the old XWiki.
So I clicked "Skip" and continued migration process.
I'm not sure if database migration was successfully done because I
failed to merge the new default XAR via the wizard.
I tried to import the new XAR, and I chose "Replace the document
history with the history from the package" instead of "Add a new
version to the existing document".
That choice was ok except I had to uncheck some documents that
contain information of user, right, and password.
Thus, the Main space WebHome was overwritten, and the admin password
was reset to "admin".
When it comes to updating from a "relatively" old version of Xwiki, I
prefer to do it "old style", i.e. import the *.xar manually, as you did. As you figured out it is better to exclude some
pages, as listed in
the
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Upgrade#HUpgrading
wikidocuments
Nope, it's better to use the DW!
Additionally I think it is better to keep the
"Add a new version to the existing document"
checkbox checked, because just in case one forgot to exclude one of
the pages one can recover from that mistake simply by revert to the version before the
import.
Yup.
I am currently preparing a migration of a rather
old (2.2)
installation to 5.x, and as this installation has a lots of sub-wikis,
it seems to pay off to manually create an "xwiki-subwiki-update.xar"
which is the same as the xwiki-enterprise.xar except for excluding the
Main,WebHome and the other pages which should be excluded anyway.
You should use the DW :)
Thanks
-Vincent
> However I am not sure how well that plays with the application
> manager for the next upgrade ... not too well, I guess, as it might
> think the "XWiki Enterprise UI" app is not properly installed.
>
> Cheers,
> Clemens