On 9/23/2016 6:58 PM, omar sanchez wrote:

Hi there

I installed my first xymon server one year ago. Would you like to show me what is the procedure to upgrade xymon 4.3.19 to 4.3.27 ??

Thanks a lot.

Omar Sanchez

The general process for upgrading xymon would involve a backup of your dataset and configs, then a make install on top, and re-import config settings over if anything has changed in an incompatible way.

This really depends on your original install method, however. If packaged, ideally the packaging should take care of a lot of this for you (safety-wise) and leave you with just the final step and anything that can't be upgraded "in place".

I do not recall any specific reasons that would preclude upgrading directly from 4.3.19 to .27. There were a number of changes to CGIs in the middle, but .19 was after the "big" change to getting rid of the shell wrappers, which at least removes that aspect for you.

I would pay closest attention to any unusual characters in hostnames and testnames, and to making sure that your apache configuration incorporates the CSP/security fixes in the latest sample snippets.

HTH, -jc