Plone Upgrade Guide

Description

Instructions and tips for upgrading to a newer Plone version.

This guide particularly focuses on Unix-like environments, though the stack discussion may be useful to everyone.

• Upgrading Plone
  • Version Numbering And Terminology
  • No Large Leaps
• Preparations
  • Gather Information
  • Back Up Your Plone Site
  • Setup A Test Environment To Rehearse The Upgrade
• Upgrade add-on products
• Troubleshooting
  • Check the log files
  • Test without customizations
  • Test without products
  • Test with a fresh Plone instance
  • Make the problem reproducible
  • Ask for help
  • Report a bug
• Version-specific migration procedures and tips
  • Upgrading Plone 4.x To 5.0
  • Upgrading Plone 5 Within 5.x.x Series
  • Upgrading Plone 5.0 to 5.1
  • Upgrading Plone 5.1 to 5.2
  • Migrating Plone 5.2 to Python 3
  • Migrate a ZODB from Python 2.7 to Python 3