DevOps Test Hub upgrade on Ubuntu

When you want to use the latest version of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) on Ubuntu, you must upgrade Test Hub from a previous version.

Before you upgrade Test Hub, you must ensure that you have completed the following tasks:

  • Installed Helm. For more information, refer to the Helm documentation.

  • Completed all test executions that are running on the existing version of Test Hub.

  • Stopped all stub executions that are running on the existing version of Test Hub.

  • Canceled any scheduled test runs that have a future date or time.

  • Informed users that Test Hub is offline temporarily during the upgrade process.

For more information about specific versions of software requirements, see System Requirements for DevOps Test Hub 2023.12 (11.0.0).

You can upgrade to Test Hub from HCL OneTest Server 10.5.4 or 10.5.3 by using the helm update command. If you want to upgrade from versions previous to 10.5.3, you must first upgrade to 10.5.3 or 10.5.4.

In upgrade (by new install) method, depending on the existing version of Test Hub, you can upgrade Test Hub by using any of the following options.

To upgrade Test Hub (10.1.0 or later) to 10.5.3, you must perform these tasks in sequence as listed in the following table:

Tasks Task description More information
1 Back up the user data from the previous version of Test Hub. Backing up DevOps Test Hub data on Ubuntu
2 Uninstall the previous version of Test Hub including entire Kubernetes environment. Uninstalling DevOps Test Hub from Ubuntu
4 Install the latest version of Test Hub. Installing DevOps Test Hub on Ubuntu
5 Migrate the user data after the installation is complete. Migrating user data on Ubuntu from 10.1.2 or earlier

Or

Migrating user data on Ubuntu from 10.1.3 or later

If your existing version of server software is 10.0.2, Fix Pack 1, or earlier, then you cannot directly upgrade to the latest version of Test Hub due to the steps involved in the migration process. Therefore, you must perform the tasks in sequence as listed in the following table:

Tasks Task description More information
1 Upgrade Test Hub 10.1.2. Installation of DevOps Test Hub on Ubuntu
2 Back up the user data from Test Hub 10.1.2. Backing up DevOps Test Hub data on Ubuntu
3 Uninstall Test Hub 10.1.2 including entire Kubernetes environment. Uninstalling DevOps Test Hub from Ubuntu
4 Install the latest version of Test Hub. Installing DevOps Test Hub on Ubuntu
5 Migrate the user data after the installation is complete. Migrating user data on Ubuntu from 10.1.2 or earlier