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# Update

# Preparation

  • Make sure that your default Postgres user has administrative privileges
  • Determine what your current installed version of the database is by running the print-message-store-version.sh script from the database directory of your Message DB installation. If you installed Message DB using NPM, the script is in the root directory of the Message DB installation, rather than the database directory.

# Cumulative Update Scripts

The Message DB database comes with an update scripts that can be used to update a Postgres Message Store database to a Message DB database.

Message DB has a different script for each version that requires an update. Each script should be run in series until your database is up-to-date.

For example, if your database is at v1 and the latest version is v3 (note: not real versions), you need to run the v2 update script and then run the v3 update script.

This is done to keep critical control of the database update process in your hands. There's no magic in updating a database, and it's serious enough business that the updates should have human operator engagement with the process.

# Update Script Directory

Update scripts are located in the update directory of your Message DB installation.

The update directory will be in different file system locations depending on how it was installed, ie: via Git, via RubyGems, or via NPM.

# From the Git Clone

The update scripts are in the database/update directory of the cloned repo. Change directory to the message-db directory where you cloned the repo and run the script that corresponds to the needed update.

For example, to update to vX.Y.Z, run:

database/update/X.Y.Z.sh

If you originally installed the database with another database name, you can specify the database name as an environment variable:

DATABASE_NAME=some_other_name database/update/X.Y.Z.sh

# From the Ruby Executable

If you installed Message DB via RubyGems, the database definition code is installed in your gem directory along with the Message DB gem.

A ruby executable is installed with the gem that will print out the directory where the database code resides.

The executable will be in the gem executable search path and may also be executed through bundler:

bundle exec mdb-print-database-scripts-dir

Change directory to the directory printed by mdb-print-database-scripts-dir and run the script that corresponds to the needed update.

For example, to update to vX.Y.Z, run:

database/update/X.Y.Z.sh

If you originally installed the database with another database name, you can specify the database name as an environment variable:

DATABASE_NAME=some_other_name database/update/X.Y.Z.sh

For more information about Ruby executables installed with the message-db Ruby Gem, see the Eventide docs on the administration tools that are bundled with the gem:

http://docs.eventide-project.org/user-guide/message-db/tools.html (opens new window)

# From the NPM Module

The message-db NPM module doesn't ship with any special tooling other than the bundled scripts.

To execute the update script, navigate to the directory where the message-db module is installed and run the script that corresponds to the needed update.

For example, to update to vX.Y.Z, run:

update/X.Y.Z.sh

If you originally installed the database with another database name, you can specify the database name as an environment variable:

DATABASE_NAME=some_other_name update/X.Y.Z.sh

# Change Log

Details on changes made to Message DB with each version are listed in the change log:

https://github.com/message-db/message-db/blob/master/CHANGES.md (opens new window)

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