[syslog-ng] Upgrade from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7: Gotchas?

[Ivey, Chris]

Thanks, Bazsi!  I was wondering if there is anything documented on the
upgrade path, or if there is anything documented on the downgrade if the
upgrade is not successful.  I like to have documents to fall back on, when I
try to do something for the first time.  :o)  Thanks!!!

Chris Ivey

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[mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Balazs Scheidler
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Upgrade from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7: Gotchas?


On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 08:03 -0600, Ivey, Chris wrote:
> Folks, 
>         I need to upgrade my syslog-ng from 1.6.11 to 2.0.7 since we
> now are using devices with high resolution timestamps.  As I inherited
> these machines, and had not worked with syslog-ng prior to getting
> them, I was wondering if anyone could let me know if there were any
> gotchas for the upgrade.  Can I upgrade in place?  Do I need to make
> backups of any files?  Things of this nature.  Thanks, all!
> 

You can upgrade in place, the 2.0 version is upward compatible with
1.6.x, however as it is a complete rewrite, I'd suggest you to run the
configuration file on a 2.0 first to see if it parses ok.

Once the configuration file is processed by the new version then most
probably it will work well.

You can upgrade in place as if you encounter problems you can always go
back to 1.6.x without pain.

-- 
Bazsi

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