[Xymon] Proper method to upgrade

[J.C. Cleaver]

On Wed, February 5, 2014 10:11 am, Michael Resnick wrote:
> I have Xymon 4.3.11 installed and would like to move to 4.3.15, but I do
> not see any upgrade doc.
> What is the proper method to do an upgrade from source ?
>
> Do I uninstall the previous and install the new version?
> Should I just install the new over the old version, using the same config
> options ?
>
> Best practices would be appreciated, since this is a Production
> environment.  Centos 5.4 64 bit.
>


If it's EL5 you're using the RPMs on Terabithia, it's safe to do an update
using rpm -U (or yum update). If it was a custom compile/tarball, I'd
suggest a backup copy of your server directory and then a diff of the
relevant config files to note any new/missing defaults (eg, the IMAGETYPE
variables for non-gif icons).

Your data directories wouldn't need any modifications between 4.3.11 and
4.3.15 I don't think.


HTH,

-jc