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JIRA 4.4 Sneak Peek – the new Upgrader

My previous post provided a sneak peak of a new installer for Linux. This post will cover the new upgrade capability for the installer. In the past, upgrading JIRA took a bit of time, including a number of manual steps when config files were customised. For JIRA 4.4, we've designed a new upgrade wizard from the ground up that takes care of it all! Building on the same Install4J installer technology mentioned previously, we have overhauled the upgrade process to automate practically all the manual

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Sneak Preview: JIRA 4.4 Linux Installer

We have a big project being undertaken right now to improve the install and upgrade experience. We hear time and time again that this is a major pain point for our customers and are focusing on trying to alleviate this for both JIRA and Confluence. Part of the goals for this project is to introduce guided installers for our two most deployed operating systems being Linux and Windows. JIRA already supports a Windows (.exe) package which offers a standard wizard driven user interface. However on Linux

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