Where to find a clear upgrade path for JIRA?

[Italo Qualisoni [e-Core]]

Hi!

I'm looking for a document that have a clear recommended upgrade path for JIRA;

Usually when we need to upgrade an old version we need to dig in old release/upgrade notes to find the best approach. 

It would be nice to have something similar the Confluence documentation where it provides a clear upgrade path for older versions.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

@Italo Qualisoni [e-Core] 

I would recommend using the Jira upgrade checklist - https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/upgrade-checklist-966063320.html

This is a great way to determine the steps and path forward.

[Italo Qualisoni [e-Core]]

Hi @Brant Schroeder ,

This is a great document for upgrade but unfortunately it doesn't have the upgrade path information.

I'm looking for a document that explain the required upgrade path for the following scenarios:

• JIRA 5.x -> 8.13
• JIRA 6.x -> 8.13
• JIRA 7.x -> 8.13

Today we need to go through the old release/upgrade notes to understand what intermediate upgrade are required, and it should as well documented and easier to find.

In the past I have skipped a mandatory step during a test and this has broken one main feature for JIRA, and I had to redo the upgrade including the intermediary upgrade.

[Brant Schroeder]

@Italo Qualisoni [e-Core] They used to provide that information many versions back.  There is no longer any documents that I know of that discuss that other than the checklist I provided.  If you look at the checklist under Determine your optimal upgrade method it states: If you are starting from Jira 6.4 or earlier, you need to upgrade to Jira 7.x (for example: 7.13) first before you upgrade to 8.x.

You can also check out the Upgrading Jira for other resources. https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/upgrading-jira-applications-938846936.html