Upgrade guides

Upcoming

yum install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
yum update nmsprime-repos

Version 2.5.4

for file in ppp-*; do rrdtool tune "$file" -d ifHCInOctets:DERIVE -d ifHCOutOctets:DERIVE; done

Version 2.4.4 to upcoming release

• if you are not using the default billing LaTeX templates (storage/app/config/billingbase/template/default-cdr-template.tex and storage/app/config/billingbase/template/default-invoice-template.tex):

  # utf8x causes problems with German umlauts in longtables which are possibly used in the extended CDR content
  # replace
  \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
  # by
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  
  # utf8 input encoding does not support the direct use of the Euro character “€”
  # if you are using the Euro character “€” in your templates directly
  # replace
  €
  # by
  \euro

Version 2.4.3 to 2.4.4

• Only if you dont use the default-invoice-template.tex!

  placeholder 'canceled_to' is now used for cancelation date of contract - so change if-then-else condition & text placeholder in LaTeX invoice template

  # replace
  \ifthenelse{\equal{{last\_cancel\_date}}{}}
      {Der Vertrag wurde gekündigt zum: {end\_of\_term}.}
  %else
  {
      \begin{tabular} {@{}ll}
          % Vertragsbeginn: {start\_of\_term}\\
          Tariflaufzeit: & {maturity}\\
          Nächstmögliches Laufzeitende: & {end\_of\_term}\\
          Kündigungsfrist: & {period\_of\_notice}\\
          Spätester Kündigungszeitpunkt: & {last\_cancel\_date}\\
      \end{tabular}
  }
  # by 
  \ifthenelse{\equal{{canceled\_to}}{}}
  {
      \begin{tabular} {@{}ll}
          % Vertragsbeginn: {start\_of\_term}\\
          Tariflaufzeit: & {maturity}\\
          Nächstmögliches Laufzeitende: & {end\_of\_term}\\
          Kündigungsfrist: & {period\_of\_notice}\\
          Spätester Kündigungszeitpunkt: & {last\_cancel\_date}\\
      \end{tabular}
  }
  %else
  {Der Vertrag wurde gekündigt zum: {canceled\_to}.}

• After updating the new major release of cacti one needs to:
  • Run the migration via the WebGUI wizard (/cacti)

  • Copy the number of concurrent poller processes from Configuration → Setting → Poller → Default Data Collector Processes to Data Collection → Data Collectors → Main Poller → Processes, alternatively you can run the following command:

    echo "UPDATE poller SET processes = (SELECT value FROM settings WHERE name = 'concurrent_processes') WHERE name = 'Main Poller';" | mysql cacti -u cactiuser -p