Fully automated xwiki update

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#1

Hello Guy’s

I want to know what is the best way, to fully automate the xwiki update process.
I’m running xwiki in tomcat using the .war file.
To update xwiki, I was just downloading a the latest .war.
I backuped my old xwiki directory inside the webapps folder and replaced it with the new
.war package. After this I was editing all the config files according to my setup and restarting tomcat.
When I upgraded from xwiki 13.1 to 13.2, in the browser a wizard showed up, and I had to do some
steps to update the flavour.
When I updated from xwiki 13.2 to xwiki 13.3 there was no wizard and it just worked.
I would like to fully automate the update process.
In which case is the wizard showing up?
Is there a way to prevent xwiki from showing the wizard?
Or is there maybe an even better way to update xwiki?

I hope that explanation was understandable :wink:

#2

Hi, 2 easy solutions I can think of:

  • use the APT packaging and then you just need to do apt upgrade
  • use the docker packaging and then you don’t need to do anything except start the new version

See https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/AdminGuide/Upgrade

#3

ofc you always need to read the release notes in case there are backward incompatibility changes requiring manual changes.

#4

The quick answer is: when it’s needed normally :slight_smile: But I think it always shows up, maybe @tmortagne knows more and it’s possible there’s a config to avoid having it show up when not necessary.

#5

As usual documentation is the best place :slight_smile: See Distribution Wizard (XWiki.org)

#6

It’s always needed, and it always shows up because you always need to upgrade the flavor.

#7

Ok, thanks for that quick reply.
I’ll try the docker package and see how it works for me :slight_smile:

#8

Note that the packagings have no impact on the DW but they can help upgrade for the rest.

#9

Ok, that makes sense.
So if I set
distribution.job.interactive=false
the wizard shouldn’t appear and xwiki should upgrade the flavor automatically right?
That seams the be more the behavior that I want.
Thanks again :slight_smile: