# Upgrading GROWI to v3.6.x
GROWI v3.6 no longer supports Node.js v8.
v3.5 or below has the bug(weseek/growi#1361 (opens new window)) that generate two databases wrongly.
# Node.js v8 is no longer supported
TIP
Systems that are launched by the official docker image (opens new window) will not be affected
# Upgrade Node.js
- Upgrade Node.js to v10 or v12
# Avoid weseek/growi#1361 (opens new window)
WARNING
This problem is caused in the situation that using MONGO_URI
with parameters of the form ?key=value
.
# Upgrade anyway
- Upgrade as usual
- Effects
- The cumulative migration so far will run again
- There should be no problem in design, but inconsistent data may be rewritten
# Upgrade safely
- Transplant
migrations
collection. Run following process in your shell that is able to usemongodump
andmongorestore
. Replace{dbname}
and{dbname?key=value}
according to your environment.mongodump -d {dbname?key=value} -c migrations -o backup
mongorestore -d {dbname} -c migrations "./backup/{dbname?key=value}/migrations.bson"
- Drop unnecessary DB. Run following process in your mongo shell.
Replace
{dbname?key=value}
according to your environment.use {dbname?key=value} db.dropDatabase()
# Check before upgrading
-
MONGO_URI
has parameters of the form?key=value
- MongoDB has a database which name has parameters of the form
?key=value