openproject/help/installation-and-operations/upgrading-postgresql.md

OpenProject PostgreSQL migration guide to 9.6

This guide will lead you to the steps of upgrading your system PostgreSQL version to 9.6. OpenProject 7.4.0 requires PostgreSQL 9.5+, so we're recommending to install to 9.6 directly.

If you're upgrading to 7.4.0 without a 9.5+ database, your upgrade process will be terminated with a 'Database incompatibility warning'. You should not

Since Ubuntu 14.04 (still supported by OpenProject) is still running on PostgreSQL 9.3., we're showing the upgrade process for this distribution. Debian oldstable also uses PostgreSQL 9.4. as well.

Preparations for the upgrade

Stop the current OpenProject workers

service openproject stop

Install the newer PostgreSQL version

For Ubuntu 14.04:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main"
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.6

For other versions of Ubuntu, see this answer on AskUbuntu: https://askubuntu.com/questions/831292

Or check the download for repositories from PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/download/

Upgrade of PostgreSQL

Stop the old cluster:

pg_dropcluster 9.6 main --stop

Upgrade the cluster to 9.6

pg_upgradecluster -v 9.6 9.3 main

Remove the old cluster

pg_dropcluster 9.3 main

Lastly, remove the ubuntu-provided version of 9.3:

apt-get remove postgres postgresql-9.3

Upgrade OpenProject

You can now continue with the regular upgrading guide as detailed on these pages: https://www.openproject.org/operations/upgrading/