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 on a mailing list
  • Report a bug
• Version-specific migration procedures and tips
  • Upgrading Plone 5 within 5.x.x series dot minor releases
  • Upgrading Plone 4.x to 5.0