How To: Prepare for a Liquibase Enterprise Upgrade
- Former user (Deleted)
Before beginning an upgrade, you should complete the following tasks to ensure that the process goes smoothly.
Determine the target version for the upgrade.
The recommended practice is to upgrade to the latest version available.
Check the DMC Compatibility Matrix to make sure that your version of Liquibase Enterprise will work with your version of DMC. In most cases you will need to upgrade both Liquibase Enterprise and DMC.
Download the software from download.liquibase.com.
Select the version of software for your OS platform.
Locate your Liquibase Enterprise license file.
You will need to reinstall the license file as part of the upgrade process.
Identify all servers and laptops where Liquibase Enterprise and DMC are installed.
Liquibase Enterprise clients should be upgraded before upgrading DMC.
Verify that you can login to the servers where Liquibase Enterprise and DMC are installed.
For Liquibase Enterprise, you must be able to login as the owner of the software.
For DMC you will need sudo access to perform the upgrade.
Schedule downtime for your CI/CD pipeline.
CI/CD jobs should not be running while the upgrade is in progress.
Review the documentation to make sure that you are familiar with the upgrade steps.
Liquibase Enterprise upgrades are performed by installing the new version of the software in a different location.
DMC upgrades are performed by running the new installer and providing the location where the current version of DMC is installed.
Related content
Copyright © Datical 2012-2020 - Proprietary and Confidential