Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of FlowVisor/UpgradingTo0.8.17

Timestamp:

12/27/12 20:02:08 (11 years ago)

Author:

Josh Smift

Comment:

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FlowVisor/UpgradingTo0.8.17

@@ -174 +174 @@
 Do this subsection '''only''' if you're upgrading from an DB-based version!
 
-Upgrading from a DB version prior to 0.8.17 may delete your entire database, and the 'flowvisor' user. This section includes steps to back up and restore the DB; the new version will re-create the 'flowvisor' user, but if it gets a different UID than it had before, you may also have to fix up some permissions on various files and directories.
+Upgrading from a DB version prior to 0.8.17 may delete your entire database, and the 'flowvisor' user. This section includes steps to dump and restore the DB; the new version will re-create the 'flowvisor' user, but if it gets a different UID than it had before, you may also have to fix up some permissions on various files and directories.
 
 So, just in case, get the UID of the current 'flowvisor' user:
@@ -184 +184 @@
 Keep track of this UID for a later step.
 
-Back up your current database:
-
-{{{
-fvctl --passwd-file=/etc/flowvisor.passwd dumpConfig /tmp/config-backup.json && cp /tmp/config-backup.json config-backup.json
+Dump your current database:
+
+{{{
+fvctl --passwd-file=/etc/flowvisor.passwd dumpConfig /tmp/config.json && cp /tmp/config.json config.json
 }}}
 
@@ -229 +229 @@
 There are three !FlowVisor variables that are off by default in new installations, but may be on in upgraded ones, which we recommend that you turn off: run_topology_server, stats_desc_hack, and checkpointing.
 
-To do that, edit your new config.json file, e.g. with 'sed' like this:
-
-{{{
-sudo -u flowvisor sed -i -e 's/"run_topology_server": true/"run_topology_server": false/' /etc/flowvisor/config.json
-sudo -u flowvisor sed -i -e 's/"stats_desc_hack": true/"stats_desc_hack": false/' /etc/flowvisor/config.json
-sudo -u flowvisor sed -i -e 's/"checkpointing": true/"checkpointing": false/' /etc/flowvisor/config.json
+To do that, edit your config.json file, e.g. with 'sed' like this:
+
+{{{
+sed -i -e 's/"run_topology_server": true/"run_topology_server": false/' config.json
+sed -i -e 's/"stats_desc_hack": true/"stats_desc_hack": false/' config.json
+sed -i -e 's/"checkpointing": true/"checkpointing": false/' config.json
 }}}