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Update to the latest minor release version first before upgrading to the most recent major release.
A June 2018 example: a customer is considering an upgrade from 5.5.8 to 5.7. The correct upgrade sequence is: 5.5.8 →
→Artifact resource link rangeHigherVersion 5.6 groupId info.magnolia.bundle artifactId magnolia-bundle-parent label $version renderType display_only resourceType POM
→ 5.7Artifact resource link rangeHigherVersion 5.7 groupId info.magnolia.bundle artifactId magnolia-bundle-parent label $version renderType display_only resourceType POM - Update all external libraries required by the Magnolia release to which you intend to upgrade.
- Carefully look for "change" or "changes for ..." sections in the release notes since.
- Because the upgrade process takes time and is vulnerable to incidents, we recommend you minimize the risk by cleaning up your system, removing unused data, reindexing everything and doing a full backup first.
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