In this article we will look into how to upgrade from Skedler version 4.x to the latest version in Docker environments. 

Pull Skedler Reports

Pull the latest version of Skedler from the docker repository and run the image.

sudo docker pull skedler/reports
sudo docker run --name skedler-xg -t -d -v skedlerdata:/var/lib/skedler-xg -p 0.0.0.0:3005:3005 skedler/reports 

Configure your options for migration 

To configure Skedler settings navigate and edit reporting.yml file by using the following command:

sudo docker exec -it skedler-xg nano /usr/share/skedler-xg/reporting.yml

Configure the following required information in the reporting.yml.  These parameters are required for migrating from Skedler 4.x to the latest version.

• oldSkedlerBasePath - The absolute path to your Skedler Reports 4.x.  This path should be accessible from the Skedler environment. 
  
• migrationSourceDatasource - The database that you are using in Skedler Reports 4.x. The values can be ‘elasticsearch’, ‘mysql’, ‘sqlite'.
• migrationSourceDatastorePath - If you were using sqlite as the database in v4, enter the path to your Skedler Reports 4.x sqlite database.
• Enable and configure the below variables only if you used mysql as the database in Skedler Reports 4.x.

  • migrationDatabaseHost

  • migrationDatabasePort

  • migrationDatabaseName

  • migratoinDatabaseUsername

  • migrationDatabasePassword

  • migrationDialect

• Enable and configure the below variables only if you used elasticsearch as the database in Skedler Reports 4.x.

  • elasticsearchUrl - The Elasticsearch url configured in Skedler v4.x

  • skedlerIndex - The Elasticsearch index configured in Skedler v4.x

  • elasticsearchAuthType - The authentication type, if any, for the configured Elasticsearch.

  • skedlerElasticsearchUsername - Enable and configure if authentication is present.

  • skedlerElasticsearchPassword - Enable and configure if authentication is present

In addition, you can configure other options to run Skedler in an air-gapped environment, change the port number, define the hostname, change the location for the Skedler database, and log files.  Read more about the reporting.yml configuration options.  

Save the reporting.yml file and exit the editor.

Start Migration

sudo docker exec skedler-xg /usr/share/skedler-xg/bin/migrate 

Start Skedler manually

Start Skedler manually using the following commands.

sudo docker exec skedler-xg /usr/share/skedler-xg/bin/skedler

Start Skedler as service

To start Skedler, the command is:

sudo docker exec skedler-xg service skedler start

To check status, the command is:

sudo docker exec skedler-xg service skedler status

To stop Skedler. the command is:

sudo docker exec skedler-xg service skedler stop

Access Skedler Reports

The default URL for accessing Skedler Reports is:

http://localhost:3005/ 

If you had made configuration changes in the reporting.yml, then the Skedler URL is of the following format:

http://<hostname or your domainurl>:3005 

or 

http://<hostname or your domain url>:<port number>

Login to Skedler Reports

Sign in using the following credentials:

Default username: [email protected]
Default password: admin 

Click Sign in.  

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