syslog-ng Store Box 7.0 LTS

syslog-ng Store Box 7.0 LTS - Upgrade Guide

Version numbering in SSB Upgrade paths to SSB

Guidelines and support for direct upgrade paths in SSB Possible upgrade path scenarios, and their recommended upgrade paths Upgrade paths to the current version of SSB

Upgrade checklist

Upgrading to SSB 7.0 LTS

Upgrading SSB Upgrading an SSB cluster Updating the SSB license

Troubleshooting

Preface

Welcome to syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) version 7.0 LTS and thank you for choosing our product. This document describes the process to upgrade existing SSB installations to SSB 7.0 LTS. The main aim of this paper is to aid system administrators in planning the migration to the new version of SSB.

For detailed information about versioning and supported upgrade paths in SSB, see Version numbering in SSB and "Versions and releases of SSB" in the Administration Guide.

Caution:

Read the entire document thoroughly before starting the upgrade.

Prerequisites and Notes

This section and its subsections contain information about the following:

Topics:

Version numbering in SSB

Upgrade paths to SSB

Upgrade checklist

Version numbering in SSB

Prerequisites and Notes > Version numbering in SSB

All releases of syslog-ng Store Box (SSB) belong in the following categories (including their respective maintenance releases):

LTS release version

Format: <major.0.maintenance>, for example, 6.0.0, 6.0.1

For more information, see the Long Term Support (LTS) section under the syslog-ng Store Box Product Life Cycle Table.
Feature release version

Format: <major.minor.maintenance>, for example, 4.9.1, or 6.5.0

For more information, see the Feature release section under the syslog-ng Store Box Product Life Cycle Table.

Upgrade paths to SSB

Prerequisites and Notes > Upgrade paths to SSB

These sections contain information about the general guidelines for supported direct upgrade paths in syslog-ng Store Box (SSB), the possible upgrade scenarios, and their recommended upgrade paths for upgrading from LTS or Feature releases to LTS or Feature releases, and detailed information about the possible upgrade paths to the current version of SSB (currently, version 7.0 LTS).

For detailed information, see the following subsections: