Upgrade from SonarQube 7 to 8

SonarQube
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Hi,

we are currently evaluating if we should switch from SonarQube 7 Community to SonarQube 8 Development.

Unfortunately we noticed that we have to upgrade the database :frowning:
There is even a tool for that https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/instance-administration/db-copy/ however this requires SonarSource Support.

Anyone any ideas or recommendation how to migrate to the new Version without loosing our data.

Kind regards
Timo

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Hi Timo,

Welcome to the community!

There’s a free migrator specifically to get you off MySQL. You don’t need Support for that. So you can move your database and then upgrade to 7.9.1 and then 8.0.

 
HTH,
Ann

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Hi,

thanks for your response, but we are not using MySQL. We are running postgresql.
I tried to move from 7.7 to 7.9.1 and it also shows Maintenance Mode.

The release upgrade news aren’t really helpful https://docs.sonarqube.org/latest/setup/upgrade-notes/ in this direction.

Kind regards
Timo Schöpflin

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What if you follow this step of the Upgrade Guide?

  1. Browse to http://yourSonarQubeServerURL/setup and follow the setup instructions
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Just checking in. Were you able to resolve this?

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Hi Colin,

thanks for your fast and helpful response.

The hint with the setup endpoint was the key, somehow I overlooked it in the Upgrade Guide.

The last obstacle was the no longer needed ldap plugin.
Once I removed it, the new SonarQube 8 instance started :slight_smile:

Thanks again for your help