Upgrading 8.15.5 to latest - 13.x

cdm · June 23, 2020, 7:34pm

I’m wonder what’s the best path to go on.

Initially, I’m trying to mitigate an Nginx security finding - we’re currently at 1.10.2.
And we probably want to be on 1.18.

And we’re currently on GitLab 8.15.5 CE

Any basic suggestions on doing this would be helpful.

Thanks,
Chris

olearycrew · June 25, 2020, 2:11pm

Hello @cdm! Welcome to the forum

What I would suggest is a few things:

As always, ensure you have a tested and confirmed backup before proceeding
Review some of the steps that may need manual intervention that are listed in our Update documentation.
Once you’ve prepared, follow our recommendations for upgrading and upgrade paths between major versions.

sitdwh · June 28, 2020, 8:55pm

I just went through a similar journey. I started at 9.5 and upgraded through the various required versions till 13.1. One thing that wasn’t in the documentation was a deprecation of the ability to set Help text on the login screen. Remove it before you upgrade. I am now left with the headache of getting that removed. I went the Omnibus route BTW.

cdm · July 9, 2020, 4:48am

Thanks olearycrew. I will take a look at the links you provided here.

cdm · July 9, 2020, 4:49am

Thanks sitdwh. I will take note of your suggestion here.