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It goes without saying, backup your data. With Cloud and Virtual computing take a snap shot. With manual backups you can use Confluence's built in backup utility through the web interface (provide link to instructions) or manually make the following backups,
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Make sure you know the admin password for your database.
Java
Make sure to copy over the java folder or take this opportunity to install and updated version of Java.
Key Files
- /opt/confluence/bin/setenv.sh
- /opt/confluence/conf/server.xml
- /opt/confluence/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties
- /opt/confluence/bin/shutdown.sh
- /opt/confluence/bin/startup.sh
- /opt/confluence/bin/user.sh (new to Confluence 4.x)
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