Sometimes we need to upgrade old virtual machine appliances.
The following manual shows the steps required to update a pretty old Bugzilla VM to a more recent Bugzilla version with Gmail support.
The manual does not cover the CVS to Bzr migration therefore update only handles to Bugzilla version 4.0
So let's see:
First start with VM backup or more better a clone of the old VM.
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Navigate browser and change password of admin user for at least 6 char length password. (version 4.0 does not support passwords less than 6 character length)
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(UPDATE OLD LINUX BOX (NO DIST UPGRADE))
login with bugzilla
backup old database
mysqldump --opt -u bugs -p bugs > bugs.sql
exit
login with root
here we need to update package sources.
nano /etc/apt/source.lst
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ensure following packages are in the package source
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian-security/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
(Ctr+O)
(Ctr+X)
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Update apt packages with the new packages
apt-get update
Now upgrade old outdated packages
apt-get upgrade
(when asking for new password for mysql simply press enter to leave the old password)
(when asking for ssl conf select to keep current version)
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reboot
(UPDATE Bugzilla - in place update)
(login as root)
apt-get install make
(remove packages no longer required after the upgrade)
apt-get autoremove
login bugzilla
(updating current 3.4 to latest 4.0 using csv)
cvs update -rBUGZILLA-4_0-STABLE -dP
(install Email::Send::Gmail)
perl install-module.pl Email::Send::Gmail
(install perl modules required for version 4.0)
perl install-module.pl CGI
perl install-module.pl Email::MIME
perl install-module.pl List::MoreUtils
./checksetup.pl
./checksetup.pl
(enabling Gmail option: http://rndm-snippets.blogspot.hu/2011/05/bugzilla-issue-tracking-send-mail.html)
nano Bugzilla/Mailer.pm
add usings:
use Email::Send::Gmail;
use Email::Simple::Creator;
change line:
if ($method eq "SMTP"){
to
if ($method eq "SMTP" || $method eq "Gmail") {
CTR+O
CTR+Q
Finally run checksetup last.
./checksetup.pl
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web browser (http://Bugzilla/ - admin)
(change email method in bugzilla administration to gmail.)
mailfrom:
username@gmail.com or username@your_domain.com (if you use your own domain via Google Applications)
smtpserver:
smtp.gmail.com
smtp_username:
username@gmail.com or username@your_domain.com (if you use your own domain via Google Applications)
smtp_password:
your Gmail password
Enjoy your updated Bugzilla version 4.0.10
