Use these instructions to upgrade Review Board
to a latest build.
- TeamForge
8.2 supports
Review Board
2.0.11
on
RHEL/CentOS
6.7 and
7.2.
- This procedure is for those who have Review Board already and are upgrading
Review Board to a latest build on
RHEL/CentOS
6.7 or
7.2.
- You may choose to upgrade Review Board on
the same server or on a new server.
- In this scenario, both TeamForge and
Review Board use PostgreSQL.
Log on to the server as root user always
Do this on the main TeamForge Application Server. We'll call this
my.app.box.
-
Download the Review Board installer zip
file from http://collab.net/downloads/integrations#tab-1 and save it in the
/opt/collabnet folder
-
Uninstall the existing Review Board
application if you are upgrading on the same server.
- cd /opt/collabnet/RBInstaller-1.7.0.0.7
- python ./install.py
-u
-
Back up your Review Board data directory
if you are upgrading TeamForge and
Review Board on a new server. The
Review Board database is backed up
already when you have upgraded TeamForge. So, it is not necessary to take a back up of the Review Board database again.
-
Back up the Review Board data
directory.
- cd /opt/collabnet
- tar -zcvf /tmp/reviewboard_data.tgz
reviewboard
-
Copy the /tmp/reviewboard_data.tgz file to the
/tmp directory of the new server.
-
Unzip the RBInstaller-1.8.0.0.12.zip
file.
- cd /opt/collabnet
- unzip RBInstaller-1.8.0.0.12.zip
-
Modify these values in the
install.conf file to suit your installation
environment.
- vi /opt/collabnet/RBInstaller-1.8.0.0.12/installer/install.conf
Option |
Description |
rb_dir=/opt/collabnet/reviewboard |
The path of the directory where the Review Board files and libraries are
installed. |
rb_data_dir=/opt/collabnet/reviewboard/data |
The path of the directory where Review Board's database file, review
request files and attachments are stored. |
domain=<domain name or host name> |
The Review Board site
information. For example, cu064.cloud.maa.collab.net. |
rb_database_type=postgresql |
The Review Board database
type. |
rb_database_host=<reviewboard_db_hostname> |
The Review Board database
host name. |
rb_database_port=<reviewboard_db_port> |
The Review Board database
port. |
ctf_base_url=https://myapp.collab.net |
The absolute URL of the TeamForge site that you want to
associate to. |
ctf_site_var_dir=/opt/collabnet/teamforge/var |
The location of the rbctfevents.jar file. |
-
Start the TeamForge
application.
-
/etc/init.d/collabnet
start all
-
Run the following grep commands to get the value of HTTPD_USER, HTTPD_GROUP and
HOME_DIR_BASE.
- grep HTTPD_USER=
/opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/conf/runtime-options.conf
- grep HTTPD_GROUP=
/opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/conf/runtime-options.conf
- grep HOME_DIR_BASE=
/opt/collabnet/teamforge/runtime/conf/runtime-options.conf
- sudo chown -R <HTTPD_USER>:<HTTPD_GROUP>
<HOME_DIR_BASE>/<HTTPD_USER>
-
Restore the Review Board data if you are
upgrading TeamForge and Review Board on a new server.
Note: Ensure that you have already copied the backup of the Review Board data directory to the
/tmp directory of the new server.
-
Restore the Review Board data
directory.
- cd /opt/collabnet
- tar -zxvf
/tmp/reviewboard_data.tgz
-
Run the install.py script available in the Review Board installer directory.
- cd /opt/collabnet/RBInstaller-1.8.0.0.12
- python ./install.py
-i -r --auth-scmuser
-
Run the migrate.py script available in the Review Board installer directory.
- cd /opt/collabnet/RBInstaller-1.8.0.0.12
- python
./migrate.py
-
Restart the TeamForge application.
- /etc/init.d/collabnet
stop all
- /etc/init.d/collabnet
start all
-
If SCM is installed on a separate box, run the following script to authenticate
a scmviewer user against a TeamForge
Subversion repository for creating a new review request.
- python ./svn-auth.py
--repo-path=https://<scm_domain>/svn/repos/<repo_dir_name>