Description Rocket .Chat server running in Google Cloud vm machine. I want to upgrade the mongoDB version from 4.0 to 5.0. What is the best practice to do the upgrade? including taking backup, restore, etc.. Server Setup Information Version of Rocket.Chat Server: Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04 De…

Here is a very simple step by step guide i found for upgrading MongoDB from v4.0 to v5.0. Hope this helps! [image] Upgrading RocketChat Deployed in Docker This is a guide to upgrading RocketChat deployed in Docker. RocketChat can be easily upgraded by updating the “RocketChat” containe…

Hi! You will also need to migrate from MMAPV1 to WiredTiger. Consider that mongo 5.0 has some CPU incompatibilities. It will be basically a dump and restore process. This is more a mongo process than it is a Rocket.Chat process. Also, consider using docker/k8s instead of manual deployment.

Thank you for your response. “You will also need to migrate from MMAPV1 to WiredTiger.” I am aware of this step I will have to do that first. If mongo 5.0 has some incompatibilities issues I will upgrade to 4.4 for now and maybe later to 5. Currently I am also thinking move to a cheaper server to…

Hi! Docker is way easier. All versions, like node, dependencies and what not is handled by the docker container. Migrating should be a matter of dumping and restoring the mongo database. If your filesystem for uploads is GRIDfs, the files should be already there. Otherwise, you need to copy them. …

Great thank you for the information. I will use Docket installation on the new server. However I have a few more questions if you dont mind, my current version NodeJs 14.19.0 and MongoDB 4.0.10, RocketChat 4.8.1. I am going to install the latest versions on the new server using Docket as you have…

Hi! You should not have any problems regarding versions and dependencies while using docker. It will isolate your environment and deliver all the necessary bits. there is a nice step by step here: [image] Docker & Docker Compose With Docker (or Kubernetes) you…

Hi @dudanogueira thank you for the information. The steps to install Rocket.Chat using Docker is clear and simple. I will install it in the new server. One last thing I don`t how to approach it, since I have my monog backup in the old server. What should I do in order to use the backup from the o…

Hi! Once you have the dump at hands, and have a new, clean, fresh install of Rocket.Chat using docker, with the same version from the dump (you can upgrade later) you need to restore the data into the docker mongo container. Here you can have the steps for that: [image] Docker Mongo Back…

Hi I have done the fresh install of Rokcet.Chat with same version of the old server. However the database restore step still not clear to me. As you know I was not using docker there and the dump is created using mongodump --out mongobackup inside are those files [Screenshot from 2022-08-09 13-1…

Thank you for sharing, this will be helpful after I finish restoring the data.

How to upgrade mongoDB from 4.0 to 5.0?

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Here is a very simple step by step guide i found for upgrading MongoDB from v4.0 to v5.0. Hope this helps!

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