Jira windows to linux migration clarification

[bruno_plancic]

HI, 

I'm planning to migrate jira from windows to linux platform with keeping the same database (postgres). I have studied Migrating Jira applications to another server | Administering Jira applications Data Center and Server 8.22 | Atlassian Documentation and there are few questions that I cant' find the answer to:

1) If keeping the database is it necessary to import xml backup to a new database?

2) After reapplying modifications is it enough to copy attachments directory from windows to linux for everything to work?

Thank you

[Fabio Racobaldo _Catworkx_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @bruno_plancic ,

I just performed a similar task a couple of days ago.

My suggestion is to create a new database and remove the old one after that your migration is completed. XML Backup import will import data to db but also some configuration at files level.

So it's important to perform backup import.

About the attachements, you need just to zip attachments folder and unzip it to the new attachemnts location of your linux environment. All attachements will be linked to issue automatically.

Hope this helps,

Fabio

[bruno_plancic]

Hi Fabio, 

thank you for the help. I have skipped exporting/importing database backup, instead I have copied all the data from C:\Program Files\Atlassian\Application Data\JIRA to /var/atlassian/application-data/ and everything works fine ;)