Toolpack migration CentOS4 2-5

Revision as of 12:46, 26 May 2010

This page explains the procedure required for a CentOS 4 host to upgrade a Toolpack v2-3 or v2-4 system to a Toolpack v2-5 system.

Toolpack Migration Steps

Create a backup of your configuration

If not already done, do a backup of your database, just to be on the safe side.

 mysqldump -u'[DatabaseUsername]' -p'[DatabasePassword]' --opt'[ToolpackDatabaseName]' > '[ToolpackBackupFile]'

ex.

 mysqldump -utbdb -ptbdbpw --opt toolpack_0 > toolpack_0.sql

Uninstall gem fcgi

Uninstall old gem

 gem uninstall fcgi

Erase some old gem files (May not be needed)

 cd /usr/bin
 rm -f gem gemlock gem_mirror gemri gem_server gemwhich

Upgrade to Ruby 1.8.7

Uninstall current version of ruby

 rpm -e ruby-1.8.6.287-1 ruby-devel-1.8.6.287-1 ruby-libs-1.8.6.287-1 ruby-rdoc-1.8.6.287-1 ruby-irb-1.8.6.287-1

Install ruby

For 32 bits system:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 tar -zxf ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 cd ruby-1.8.7-p174
 ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib --enable-shared
 make
 make install
 ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby
 cd ext/openssl/
 ruby extconf.rb
 make
 make install
 cd ../../..

For 64 bits system:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 tar -zxf ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 cd ruby-1.8.7-p174
 ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib64 --enable-shared
 make
 make install
 ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby
 cd ext/openssl/
 ruby extconf.rb
 make
 make install
 cd ../../..

Install RubyGems 1.3.5

Install RubyGems

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/rubygems-1.3.5.tgz
 tar -zxf rubygems-1.3.5.tgz
 cd rubygems-1.3.5
 ruby setup.rb
 cd ..

Install gem fcgi

 gem install fcgi