Upgrade from 0.14 to 1.0

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Hello, I have a small single node setup based on docker and a little downtime is acceptable.
This is the compose file I am using: https://gitlab.steinkopf.net/snippets/7

Is there any howto for upgrading? I found “Upgrade Path from 0.14” in Kong 1.0 (rc4) available for testing
What do I have to do in my simple setup?
Just pull the new versions? This would just run kong migrations up (see service kong-migration). Should I also run kong migrations finish?

Thank you very much

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Hey if you didn’t get this figured out yet, there are instructions in the 1.0 release post.

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Thank you very much. It seems this “official” realease info is very similay (identical?) to the one I read about 1.0 rc4.
My question concentrates on the importance of kong migrations finish. It seems to be new. Is it important (mandatory on a single node system)?

If yes, then it seems my steps reduce to:

  1. add a new “helper” service kong-migration-finish in compose file (change dependencies to: kong -> kong-migration-finish -> kong-migration)
  2. shut down kong (docker-compose stop kong)
  3. start kong: docker-compose up -d kong - this should run kong migrations up AND kong migrations finish via dependencies.

Any corrections to add?

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@dsteinkopf That sounds correct.

Running kong migrations finish might not be necessary in every upgrade but in most I think.

Running kong migrations up && kong migrations finish will do the trick but you will not be leveraging the advantage of blue-green upgrades for Kong, then, which from your comment of having a single node seems okay.

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By trying in a testing environment I found out:

  • kong migrations finish IS necessary.
  • running kong migrations up && kong migrations finish in a docker-compose service won’t work (well).
  • I ended in doing “everything” step by step manually after shut down:
    • start database
    • kong migrations up (single step via docker-compose service)
    • kong migrations finish (also)
    • start kong

This also worked well in my production env.
Thank you for your help.

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