When a new version of a JumpBox comes out, you may want to migrate your data into it to take advantage of new application features, enhancements to the JumpBox platform or security fixes. This can be achieved one of two ways: you can create a backup of your existing JumpBox, download the latest version and then use the restore feature to inject your data into the newer version. Or you can use the JumpBox-to-JumpBox migration feature to simply suck the data out of an older running JumpBox into the newer one. This tutorial will demonstrate this latter method. During this process you will have two JumpBoxes running at the same time.
Note: The following procedure only works when both JumpBoxes are versions 1.1.0 or greater. When the older JumpBox is 1.0, you can use the NFS or Windows Share backup methods.
- Make sure you've downloaded and registered the latest version of the JumpBox application you're upgrading. Click the "Backups" icon in the admin portal.
- Navigate to the "Restore" tab.
- You'll need to have your older version of the JumpBox running somewhere on the same network.
- Next you'll choose the "Import" option on the restore page and enter the location of the older JumpBox from which you wish to pull the data. Click "Restore" and provided that you've specified the credentials of a running JumpBox on your LAN, you should see a success message indicating that your data has been restored.
*NOTE: this is a pull operation- you're in the new JumpBox "sucking" the data out of the older one. If you get confused here and think you're in the older one "pushing" data to the new version, you may overwrite your data. It's always a good idea to do a quick backup on the old version before you do anything that's potentially destructive.
