This section describes the requirements and pre- and post-upgrade steps for upgrading the PostgreSQL database server of the 

When you upgrade to a new release of the platform, the underlying databases and their structures are automatically migrated to the new format. However, the database releases are not touched. 

Prerequisites

• The installing user must have write permissions to the directory from which the commands are executed.
• The installing user must have sudo privileges.
• Verify that you know the host and port number for each database.

Backup

Before you begin, please verify that you have a valid backup of each 

Acquire Distribution and Port Information

Before you begin, you must:

• Acquire the port information for the current database. Typically, this value is 5432.
  

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• Acquire the latest distribution for the database software.

For more information, see Install Databases for PostgreSQL.

For more information, see Install Databases for MySQL.

Database Prep

This procedure describes the process for upgrading the PostgreSQL version in use by the 

• All current databases are co-located with the software on the 

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• Some downtime of the databases during the upgrade process is ok.

Before you begin

• If you haven't already, please back up each database and all PostgreSQL configuration files. See Backup and Recovery in the Admin Guide.
• Login to the node where the databases are hosted.

Using non-default ports

The default port for these commands is port 5432.

If you are using a non-standard port for either the pre- or post-upgrade versions of PostgreSQL, you can use the following parameters with the pg_upgrade command:

For more information, see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/pgupgrade.html.

Upgrade PostgreSQL 9.6 to 12

• Source version: PostgreSQL 9.6

• Upgrade version: PostgreSQL 12

PostgreSQL path references

In PostgreSQL 10 and later, directory references to versions of PostgreSQL paths have changed. 

PostgreSQL 9.6 example path:

/var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/pg_hba.conf

PostgreSQL 12 example path:

/var/lib/pgsql/12/data/pg_hba.conf

For more information, see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/YUM_Installation.

Upgrade for CentOS/RHEL - PostgreSQL 9.6 to 12

For more information, see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/.

Upgrade for Ubuntu - PostgreSQL 9.6 to 12

For more information, see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/.

Upgrade on Amazon RDS - PostgreSQL 9.6 to 12

For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.html.

Transfer Settings

For all operating systems, you must transfer the settings from your old version of PostgreSQL to the new one.

1. Update the port number and any other settings in the platform configuration. 

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   1. Replace all instances of the PostgreSQL port number for the earlier version and replace with the desired port number for the upgrade version. 
      

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   2. Make the above changes and save the file.

2. Transfer settings from the configuration files for your old database version to the new one. Please review the old and new versions of these files:

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   NOTE: It is risky to perform a straight copy of these configuration files. Settings may change. New ones may be introduced. Setting values specific to to the installation may be overwritten in a copy. Please retain a backup of both versions of each file before migrating settings.

   Path to PostgreSQL 9.6 file	Path to PostgreSQL 12 file
   /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/pg_hba.conf	/var/lib/pgsql/12/data/pg_hba.conf
   /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/postgresql.conf	/var/lib/pgsql/12/data/postgresql.conf

3. Start the service:

   1. CentOS/RHEL:

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      sudo service postgresql-9.6 start

   2. Ubuntu:

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      sudo service postgresql start

   3. When the service restarts, you can check the cluster status using the following script:

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      ./analyze_new_cluster.sh

4. After you have completed the database installation, you must review the port number of the newly installed database, which may have changed between versions of the database software. That new port number must be applied through the 

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   . For more information, see Change Database Port.

5. If all is well, restart the platform. See Start and Stop the Platform in the Install Guide. 

Verify and Cleanup

1. Verify operations on all databases:
   1. Login to the application.
   2. Load a dataset from Flow View.
   3. Run a job. 
   4. Schedule a job and execute it.
   5. See Verify Operations in the Admin Guide.

2. If all of the above tests pass, you can use the following script to delete the old PostgreSQL version and its data directory:

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   ./delete_old_cluster.sh

3. Restart the 

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   . See Start and Stop the Platform in the Install Guide.