[chef] Re: migrating from chef 11 to chef 12 server

[Stephen Delano < >]

Hi Bethany,

An in-place upgrade from an open source Chef Server 11 to Chef Server 12 actually runs the knife-backup / knife-restore processes under the covers. This will also have the end result of starting with a new instance of the server, where the underlying database is completely fresh. Chef 12 installs to /opt/opscode and the associated data dirs are in /var/opt/opscode where Chef 11 was /opt/chef-server and /var/opt/chef-server.

If your desires of a fresh instance are more around wanting a new hardware instance (or a new VM), then there are also commands that will allow you to export the data and import it to the new server. The process around export / import is a bit more involved than simply a knife upload / download, so I'll find those docs and link you to them shortly.

Thanks!

Stephen

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Bethany Erskine < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Is doing a full export of the data (using knife backup) from one server running open source Chef Server 11 then importing the data into a new instance running a fresh install of Chef Server 12 a supported upgrade path? I've reviewed the docs here, but if possible, I would prefer to start fresh with a new instance of chef server rather than upgrading the existing one in place.  

thanks,

Bethany
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