Migration guide
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There are a few major changes in the migration from 7.x to 8.x.
The PostgreSQL version was 9.6 and is now 11.0.1
We're transitioning the filestore to , but the old filestore is still in use.
There are a few services you need to migrate data from.
for 7.x PostgreSQL 9.6
for 8.x PostgreSQL 11.0.1
for 7.x /srv/molgenis/data
for 8.x /home/molgenis/data
for 7.x /srv/molgenis/molgenis-server.properties
for 8.x /home/molgenis/molgenis-server.properties
Go to a terminal and dump your database using (as root-user):
Load you database using on the new server (as root-user):
Be sure you drop the database before you load the customer database.
Go to a terminal and tar you files into an archive (as root-user):
Restore the filestore on the new server (as root-user):
execute:
chmod -R 770 /home/molgenis
Go to a terminal and tar you files into an archive (as root-user):
Restore the filestore on the new server (as root-user):
You need to add additional properties to make the deployment work with MOLGENIS 8.0.x
The following changes require manual actions (if applicable for your application):
You can migrate the database first and if you encounter the following error
You can fix these attributes in the Metadata Manager by editing the expression of the mentioned attribute.
If users or groups were giving special permissions on the Settings Manager Plugin, these permissions should be set again for the replacement Settings Plugin. The plugin itself is replaced automatically.
note: if you use our to deploy MOLGENIS you have to do the following steps:
MREF as labels are not allowed anymore. You should use template expressions. Please check: .