[outages] [ADMIN] TRACKER.OUTAGES.ORG Planned Maintenance Friday (12/7/2012) from 12:00PM to 14:00PST.

[virendra rode]

Type of Work: Ushahidi plaform upgrade from 2.5 to 2.6.1.

Purpose: To address bug fixes.

Start Date / Time:       12/7/2012 (Friday) 12:00PM PST
End Date / Time:         12/7/2012 (Friday) 14:00 PST

Should additional time be required, notice will be provided and the work 
window will be expanded.

Estimate Downtime: tracker.outages.org will be down 2 hours

Reason For Maintenance: Ushahidi platform will undergo upgrade from 2.5 
to 2.6.1 to address bug fixes.

Service Impact: tracker.outages.org will not be available during this 
change window nor users will receive any alert notifications during this 
change. Service will return back to normal after this upgrade.


Steps for this upgrade:
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1. Backup DB & filesystem (mysqldump / tar working directory)

2. wget ushahidi from github repository

3. Copy old config back over the new ones.

4. Update config.php, database.php, auth.php as necessary to match 
previous configuration details.

5. Upgrade database

Regression Planning: There is a possibility that something unexpected 
may occur during the work process. Should any issues arise, all 
equipment will be placed back into standard operation and the work will 
be postponed until the issue is resolved.



regards,
/virendra