This page provides instructions for manually upgrading a FlexDeploy docker install to use newer version of FlexDeploy Docker image. You will need to download appropriate version of FlexDeploy Tomcat distribution for database scripts and plugins.
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If you aren’t using Kubernetes or have a very unique configuration we recommend using the automated installer. |
Step 1. Stop the container
Stop the Docker container using name. docker stop <name>.
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If you are using Kubernetes you’ll need to translate these docker commands into the equivalent Kubernetes. |
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Step 2. Backup the FlexDeploy schemas and Artifact Repository.
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For back-out purposes, it is highly recommended that a database backup of the database be taken using standard tools like RMAN for Oracle. Another option would be to export the FD, FD_ADMIN, and FF schemas using data pump. The schemas can be exported using the following data pump command for Oracle as shown below. Follow standard procedures for PostgreSQL for database backup.
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Recommendation for Oracle database backup
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It is recommended that a backup of the artifact repository file system be taken in case a back-out is required. The location of the artifact repository will be wherever you mounted the /home/oracle directory in the container the inside the repository folder. Standard file backup procedures can be followed. Optionally, the following command can be used to create a tar file backup of the entire directory.
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Step 3. Upgrade the FlexDeploy schemas
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See details in Upgrading FlexDeploy Schemas.
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Step 4. Copy plugins from download zip for auto upload. This would be inside of volume that you had configured during installation process.
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docker run --name flexdeploy -p 8000:8080 -e FLEX_DB_URL="jdbc:oracle:thin:@URL:PORT:xe" -e FD_ADMIN_PWD=DATABASEPASSWORD -e TZ=America/Chicago -e dbtype=oracle|postgres -e INFLUX_DB_USER=flexdeploy -e INFLUX_DB_PASSWORD=INFLUXDBPASSWORD -e INFLUX_DB_TOKEN=INFLXUDBTOKENHERE -v /scratch/DockerVolume/flexdeploy:/home/oracle flexdeploy/fd_tcat:VERSION |
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Example JDBC URL (FLEX_DB_URL)
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