Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Upgrade to latest Jenkins LTS version dur

[Denis Roy <denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is fantastic. Thanks for keeping the infra up-to-date and running well.

Denis

On 2021-01-20 1:44 p.m., Frederic Gurr wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've completed the upgrade of all our Jenkins instances to the latest
> LTS version (2.263.2) a little bit ahead of time.
>
> There is still room for improvement, but this LTS upgrade was quicker
> than the last one. This was possible since most of our Jenkins instances
> (~220 of 260) are hosted on our cluster based infrastructure and could
> be upgraded semi-automatically (so with a lot less clicky-clicky).
> => Kudos to Mikaël Barbero!
>
> Please let us know if anything does not behave the way it should be and
> we will take a look.
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> On 06.01.21 11:58, Frederic Gurr wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We will start the new year with some long overdue Jenkins upgrades.
> >
> > During CW 3 (January 18-22) we will gradually upgrade all of our CI
> > instances to the latest Jenkins LTS version to provide new
> > features and important security updates.
> >
> > * Why do you spread the upgrade over a week?
> >
> > We have more than 250 active CI instances that need to be upgraded. To
> > spread the load and wait for running builds to finish, we distribute the
> > upgrade over several days.
> >
> > We are planning to improve this and cut down the required time in the
> > future.
> >
> > * How long will my project's CI instance be unavailable?
> > In most cases, this will require only a restart of each CI instance and
> > should not take more than an hour (this is a *very* conservative
> > estimate to be on the safe side). If no builds are running, we simply
> > run the upgrade. If builds are running, we either wait for them to
> > complete or contact the projects directly to find a suitable time for a
> > restart.
> >
> > See also:
> > https://wiki.eclipse.org/IT_SLA#Jenkins.2FJIPP_upgrades
> >
> > NOTE: If you have any important releases planned for this week (CW 21),
> > please contact us, so we can figure out an alternative time frame.
> >
> > Please let us know, if you have any other questions or concerns.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >       
>

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Denis Roy

Director, IT Services | Eclipse Foundation

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