Re: [PacketFence-users] upgrade packetfence 5.6 -> 7

[Louis M. <lm...@in...>]

Hi MJ,
Personally, I would do a clean new install on jessie, configure it, and then import the old database while running all the db/upgrade scripts in order.
That would preserve nodes and users.

Otherwise you will have to go through every configuration change listed in all of the releases between 5.6 and 7.
I think just configuring from scratch is faster.

You will still have to either reimport or reconfigure your switches, but that is still less work than changing everything else.

> On Apr 24, 2017, at 3:13 PM, mj <li...@me...> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What would be the best way to get from pf-5.6.1/wheezy to pf-7 on jessie?
> 
> I guess:
> - install jessie
> - import the mysl database from 5.6.1
> - run all database upgrade scripts
> - install pf-7
> But then:
> 
> Copy the config from the old /usr/local/pf/conf to the new server, and 
> run the config update scripts, to convert to the new v7 config layout?
> 
> I tried it, didn't turn out so nice. :-|
> 
> Is is perhaps a better idea to simply skip importing the config, and 
> reconfigure from scratch? And, with an imported/updated v-5.6.1 
> database, would we still have all the existing users / nodes?
> 
> What are things to keep into mind then...?
> 
> Or should I just spend more time, getting things running with the 
> updated old config files?



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