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An upgrade control panel and upgrade helpers for plone upgrades.

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Introduction
============

This product aims to simplify running and writing third-party Generic Setup
upgrade steps in Plone.

It provides a control panel for running multiple upgrades
at once, based on the upgrade mechanism of Generic Setup (portal_setup).

Further a base class for writing upgrade steps with a variety of
helpers for common tasks is provided.

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Certified: 01/2013


Features
========

* **Managing upgrades**: Provides an advanced view for upgrading
third-party Plone packages using Generic Setup.
It allows to upgrade multiple packages at once with an easy to use user
interface.
By resolving the dependency graph it is able to optimize the upgrade
step order so that the upgrade is hassle free.

* **Import profile upgrade steps**: Some times an upgrade step does simply
import an upgrade step generic setup profile, especially made for this
upgrade step. A new ZCML directive makes this much simpler.

* **Writing upgrades**: The package provides a base upgrade class with
various helpers for tasks often done in upgrades.


Installation
============

- Install ``ftw.upgrade`` by adding it to the list of eggs in your buildout.
Then run buildout and restart your instance:

.. code:: ini

[instance]
eggs +=
ftw.upgrade


- Go to Site Setup of your Plone site and activate the ``ftw.upgrade`` add-on.


Compatibility
-------------

Plone 4.1

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Plone 4.2

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Plone 4.3

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Manage upgrades
===============

The ``@@manage-upgrades`` view allows to upgrade multiple packages at once:

.. image:: https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.upgrade/raw/master/docs/manage-upgrades.png


Fallback view
-------------

The ``@@manage-upgrades-plain`` view acts as a fallback view for ``@@manage-upgrades``.
It does not include plone`s main template and thus might be able to render when the default
view fails for some reason.


Import-Profile Upgrade Steps
============================

Sometimes an upgrade simply imports a little generic setup profile, which is only
made for this upgrade step. Doing such upgrade steps are often much simpler than doing
the change in python, because one can simply copy the necessary parts of the new
default generic setup profile into the upgrade step profile.

Normally, for doing this, one has to register an upgrade step and a generic setup
profile and write an upgrade step handler importing the profile.

ftw.upgrade makes this much simpler by providing an ``importProfile`` ZCML direvtive
especially for this specific use case.

Example ``configure.zcml`` meant to be placed in your ``upgrades`` sub-package:

.. code:: xml

<configure
xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
xmlns:upgrade-step="http://namespaces.zope.org/ftw.upgrade"
i18n_domain="my.package">

<include package="ftw.upgrade" file="meta.zcml" />

<upgrade-step:importProfile
title="Update email_from_address"
profile="my.package:default"
source="1007"
destination="1008"
directory="profiles/1008"
/>

</configure>

This example upgrade steps updates the ``email_from_address`` property.

A generic setup profile is automatically registered and hooked up with the
generated upgrade step handler.

Simply put a ``properties.xml`` in the folder ``profiles/1008`` relative to the
above ``configure.zcml`` and the upgrade step is ready for deployment.



Upgrade step helpers
====================

The ``UpgradeStep`` base class provides various tools and helpers useful
when writing upgrade steps.
It can be used by registering the classmethod directly.
Be aware that the class is very special: it acts like a function and calls
itself automatically.

Example upgrade step definition (defined in a ``upgrades.py``):

.. code:: python

from ftw.upgrade import UpgradeStep

class UpdateFooIndex(UpgradeStep):
"""The index ``foo`` is a ``FieldIndex`` instead of a
``KeywordIndex``. This upgrade step changes the index type
and reindexes the objects.
"""

def __call__(self):
index_name = 'foo'
if self.catalog_has_index(index_name):
self.catalog_remove_index(index_name)

self.catalog_add_index(index_name, 'KeywordIndex')
self.catalog_rebuild_index(index_name)


Registration in ``configure.zcml`` (assume its in the same directory):

.. code:: xml

<configure
xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
xmlns:genericsetup="http://namespaces.zope.org/genericsetup"
i18n_domain="my.package">

<genericsetup:upgradeStep
profile="my.package:default"
source="4"
destination="5"
title="Update index 'foo'."
handler=".upgrades.UpdateFooIndex"
/>

</configure>


Updating objects with progress logging
--------------------------------------

Since an upgrade step often updates a set of objects indexed in the catalog,
there is a useful helper method combining querying the catalog with the
`ProgressLogger` (see below).
The catalog is queried unrestricted so that we handle all the objects.

Here is an example for updating all objects of a particular type:

.. code:: python

from ftw.upgrade import ProgressLogger
from ftw.upgrade import UpgradeStep

class ExcludeFilesFromNavigation(UpgradeStep):

def __call__(self):
for obj in self.objects({'portal_type': 'File'},
'Enable exclude from navigation for files'):
obj.setExcludeFromNav(True)


When running the upgrade step you'll have a progress log::

INFO ftw.upgrade STARTING Enable exclude from navigation for files
INFO ftw.upgrade 1 of 10 (10%): Enable exclude from navigation for files
INFO ftw.upgrade 5 of 50 (50%): Enable exclude from navigation for files
INFO ftw.upgrade 10 of 10 (100%): Enable exclude from navigation for files
INFO ftw.upgrade DONE: Enable exclude from navigation for files



Methods
-------

The ``UpgradeStep`` class has various helper functions:


``self.getToolByName(tool_name)``
Returns the tool with the name ``tool_name`` of the upgraded site.

``self.objects(catalog_query, message, logger=None, savepoints=None)``
Queries the catalog (unrestricted) and an iterator with full objects.
The iterator configures and calls a ``ProgressLogger`` with the
passed ``message``.

If set to a non-zero value, the ``savepoints`` argument causes a transaction
savepoint to be created every n items. This can be used to keep memory usage
in check when creating large transactions.

``self.catalog_rebuild_index(name)``
Reindex the ``portal_catalog`` index identified by ``name``.

``self.catalog_reindex_objects(query, idxs=None, savepoints=None)``
Reindex all objects found in the catalog with `query`.
A list of indexes can be passed as `idxs` for limiting the
indexed indexes.
The ``savepoints`` argument will be passed to ``self.objects()``.

``self.catalog_has_index(name)``
Returns whether there is a catalog index ``name``.

``self.catalog_add_index(name, type_, extra=None)``
Adds a new index to the ``portal_catalog`` tool.

``self.catalog_remove_index(name)``
Removes an index to from ``portal_catalog`` tool.

``self.actions_remove_action(category, action_id)``
Removes an action identified by ``action_id`` from
the ``portal_actions`` tool from a particulary ``category``.

``self.catalog_unrestricted_get_object(brain)``
Returns the unrestricted object of a brain.

``self.catalog_unrestricted_search(query, full_objects=False)``
Searches the catalog without checking security.
When `full_objects` is `True`, unrestricted objects are
returned instead of brains.
Upgrade steps should generally use unrestricted catalog access
since all objects should be upgraded - even if the manager
running the upgrades has no access on the objects.

``self.actions_remove_type_action(portal_type, action_id)``
Removes a ``portal_types`` action from the type identified
by ``portal_type`` with the action id ``action_id``.

``self.set_property(context, key, value, data_type='string')``
Set a property with the key ``value`` and the value ``value``
on the ``context`` safely.
The property is created with the type ``data_type`` if it does not exist.

``self.add_lines_to_property(context, key, lines)``
Updates a property with key ``key`` on the object ``context``
adding ``lines``.
The property is expected to by of type "lines".
If the property does not exist it is created.

``self.setup_install_profile(profileid, steps=None)``
Installs the generic setup profile identified by ``profileid``.
If a list step names is passed with ``steps`` (e.g. ['actions']),
only those steps are installed. All steps are installed by default.

``self.uninstall_product(product_name)``
Uninstalls a product using the quick installer.

``self.migrate_class(obj, new_class)``
Changes the class of an object. It has a special handling for BTreeFolder2Base
based containers.

``self.remove_broken_browserlayer(name, dottedname)``
Removes a browser layer registration whose interface can't be imported any
more from the persistent registry.
Messages like these on instance boot time can be an indication for this
problem:
``WARNING OFS.Uninstalled Could not import class 'IMyProductSpecific' from
module 'my.product.interfaces'``

``self.update_security(obj, reindex_security=True)``
Update the security of a single object (checkboxes in manage_access).
This is usefuly in combination with the ``ProgressLogger``.
It is possible to not reindex the object security in the catalog
(``allowedRolesAndUsers``). This speeds up the update but should only be disabled
when there are no changes for the ``View`` permission.

``self.update_workflow_security(workflow_names, reindex_security=True)``
Update all objects which have one of a list of workflows.
This is useful when updating a bunch of workflows and you want to make sure
that the object security is updated properly.

The update is done by doing as few as possibly by only searching for
types which might have this workflow. It does support placeful workflow policies.

For speeding up you can pass ``reindex_security=False``, but you need to make
sure you did not change any security relevant permissions (only ``View`` needs
``reindex_security=True`` for default Plone).



Progress logger
---------------

When an upgrade step is taking a long time to complete (e.g. while performing a data migration), the
administrator needs to have information about the progress of the update. It is also important to have
continuous output for avoiding proxy timeouts when accessing Zope through a webserver / proxy.

With the ``ProgressLogger`` it is very easy to log the progress:

.. code:: python

from ftw.upgrade import ProgressLogger
from ftw.upgrade import UpgradeStep

class MyUpgrade(UpgradeStep):

def __call__(self):
objects = self.catalog_unrestricted_search(
{'portal_type': 'MyType'}, full_objects=True)

for obj in ProgressLogger('Migrate my type', objects):
self.upgrade_obj(obj)

def upgrade_obj(self, obj):
do_something_with(obj)


The logger will log the current progress every 5 seconds (default).
Example log output::

INFO ftw.upgrade STARTING Migrate MyType
INFO ftw.upgrade 1 of 10 (10%): Migrate MyType
INFO ftw.upgrade 5 of 50 (50%): Migrate MyType
INFO ftw.upgrade 10 of 10 (100%): Migrate MyType
INFO ftw.upgrade DONE: Migrate MyType


Workflow Chain Updater
----------------------

When the workflow is changed for a content type, the workflow state is
reset to the init state of new workflow for every existing object of this
type. This can be really annoying.

The `WorkflowChainUpdater` takes care of setting every object to the right
state after changing the chain (the workflow for the type):

.. code:: python

from ftw.upgrade.workflow import WorkflowChainUpdater
from ftw.upgrade import UpgradeStep

class UpdateWorkflowChains(UpgradeStep):

def __call__(self):
query = {'portal_type': ['Document', 'Folder']}
objects = self.catalog_unrestricted_search(
query, full_objects=True)

review_state_mapping={
('intranet_workflow', 'plone_workflow'): {
'external': 'published',
'pending': 'pending'}}

with WorkflowChainUpdater(objects, review_state_mapping):
# assume that the profile 1002 does install a new workflow
# chain for Document and Folder.
self.setup_install_profile('profile-my.package.upgrades:1002')


The workflow chain updater migrates the workflow history by default.
The workflow history migration can be disabled by setting
``migrate_workflow_history`` to ``False``:

.. code:: python

with WorkflowChainUpdater(objects, review_state_mapping,
migrate_workflow_history=False):
# code


If a transition mapping is provided, the actions in the workflow history
entries are migrated according to the mapping so that the translations
work for the new workflow:

.. code:: python

transition_mapping = {
('intranet_workflow', 'new_workflow'): {
'submit': 'submit-for-approval'}}

with WorkflowChainUpdater(objects, review_state_mapping,
transition_mapping=transition_mapping):
# code



Placeful Workflow Policy Activator
----------------------------------

When manually activating a placeful workflow policy all objects with a new
workflow might be reset to the initial state of the new workflow.

ftw.upgrade has a tool for enabling placeful workflow policies without
breaking the review state by mapping it from the old to the new workflows:

.. code:: python

from ftw.upgrade.placefulworkflow import PlacefulWorkflowPolicyActivator
from ftw.upgrade import UpgradeStep

class ActivatePlacefulWorkflowPolicy(UpgradeStep):

def __call__(self):
portal_url = self.getToolByName('portal_url')
portal = portal_url.getPortalObject()

context = portal.unrestrictedTraverse('path/to/object')

activator = PlacefulWorkflowPolicyActivator(context)
activator.activate_policy(
'local_policy',
review_state_mapping={
('intranet_workflow', 'plone_workflow'): {
'external': 'published',
'pending': 'pending'}})

The above example activates a placeful workflow policy recursively on the
object under "path/to/object", enabling the placeful workflow policy
"local_policy".

The mapping then maps the "intranet_workflow" to the "plone_workflow" by
defining which old states (key, intranet_workflow) should be changed to
the new states (value, plone_workflow).

**Options**

- `activate_in`: Activates the placeful workflow policy for the passed in
object (`True` by default).
- `activate_below`: Activates the placeful workflow policy for the children
of the passed in object, recursively (`True` by default).
- `update_security`: Update object security and reindex
allowedRolesAndUsers (`True` by default).



IPostUpgrade adapter
====================

By registering an ``IPostUpgrade`` adapter it is possible to run custom code
after running upgrades.
All adapters are executed after each time upgrades were run, not depending on
which upgrades are run.
The name of the adapters should be the profile of the package, so that
``ftw.upgrade`` is able to execute the adapters in order of the GS dependencies.

Example adapter:

.. code:: python

from ftw.upgrade.interfaces import IPostUpgrade
from zope.interface import implements

class MyPostUpgradeAdapter(object):
implements(IPostUpgrade)

def __init__(self, portal, request):
self.portal = portal
self.request = request

def __call__(self):
# custom code, e.g. import a generic setup profile for customizations

Registration in ZCML:

.. code:: xml

<configure xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope">
<adapter
factory=".adapters.MyPostUpgradeAdapter"
provides="ftw.upgrade.interfaces.IPostUpgrade"
for="Products.CMFPlone.interfaces.siteroot.IPloneSiteRoot
zope.interface.Interface"
name="my.package:default" />
</configure>



Links
=====

- Main github project repository: https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.upgrade
- Issue tracker: https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.upgrade/issues
- Package on pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ftw.upgrade
- Continuous integration: https://jenkins.4teamwork.ch/search?q=ftw.upgrade


Copyright
=========

This package is copyright by `4teamwork <http://www.4teamwork.ch/>`_.

``ftw.upgrade`` is licensed under GNU General Public License, version 2.

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Changelog
=========


1.10.0 (2014-08-28)
-------------------

- Wrap step.objects in a SavepointIterator that creates a savepoint every n items.
[lgraf]


1.9.0 (2014-08-27)
------------------

- Add @@manage-upgrades-plain fallback view for @@manage-upgrades.
It does not include plone`s main template and thus might be able to render when
the default view fails for some reason.
[deiferni]


1.8.0 (2014-08-11)
------------------

- Prevent portal_quickinstaller from picking upgrade-steps instead of the
default-profile by prefixing the profile-id with 'upgrade_to_' (fix #45)
[pbauer]

- Flag profiles whose filesystem version is outdated.
Highlights profiles with upgrades that lead to a destination version that is
higher than the corresponding profile's current filesystem version.
This usually means someone forgot to update the version in metadata.xml of the
corresponding profile.
[lgraf]


1.7.4 (2014-05-12)
------------------

- Extend workflow updater to migrate workflow history.
[jone]

- Fix workflow updater to always update objects.
The objects are updated even when it seems that the object was
not update or has no longer a workflow.
This fixes issues when updating a workflow, in which case the
old workflow and the new workflow has the same ID.
[jone]

- Make sure the transaction note does not get too long.
Zope limits the transaction note length. By actively managing the transaction note
we can provide fallbacks for when it gets too long because a lot of upgrade steps
are installed at the same time.
[jone]


1.7.3 (2014-04-30)
------------------

- Add ``uninstall_product`` method to upgrade step class.
[jone]


1.7.2 (2014-02-28)
------------------

- Update provided interfaces when migrating objects to new class.
[jone]


1.7.1 (2014-01-09)
------------------

- Fix LocationError on manage-ugprades view on cyclic dependencies.
[jone]


1.7.0 (2013-09-24)
------------------

- Add a ``update_workflow_security`` helper function to the upgrade step.
[jone]


1.6.0 (2013-08-30)
------------------

- Fix inplace modification bug when updating the catalog while
iterating over a catalog result.
[jone]

- Implement new ``importProfile`` directive for creating upgrade steps
that just import a specific upgrade step generic setup profile.
[jone]


1.5 (2013-08-16)
----------------

- Add a ``WorkflowChainUpdater`` for changing workflow chains without
resetting existing objects to the initial review state of the new
workflow.
[jone]


1.4.0 (2013-07-18)
------------------

- Added helper for adding a type_action.
[phgross]

- Add `objects` method to `UpgradeStep` for easy querying the catalog
and doing stuff with progress logging combined.
[jone]

- Make ProgressLogger an iterator too, because it is easier to use.
[jone]

- Improve logging while installing upgrade steps.
Show duration for installing.
[jone]

- Fix upgrade step icons for Plone 4.3.
[jone]

- Add ``update_security`` helper.
[jone]

- Fix incomplete status info entry prodcued by
placeful workflow policy activator.
[jone]


1.3 (2013-06-13)
----------------

- Implement a placeful workflow policy activator.
[jone]

- Added remove_broken_browserlayer method to step class.
[lgraf]


1.2.1 (2013-04-23)
------------------

- Keep modification date on reindexObject wihtout idxs.
[mathias.leimgruber]

1.2 (2013-01-24)
----------------

- onegov.ch approved: add badge to readme.
[jone]

- Remove 'step' and 'for' values from internal data structure.
This is needed for allowing us to serialize the data (json).
[jone]

- Add IPostUpgrade adapter hook.
[jone]

- Refactor dependency sorting into seperate function.
[jone]

- Add security declarations.
[jone]

- Fix wrong tool usage when installing a profile in step class.
[jone]


1.1 (2012-10-08)
----------------

- Add catalog_unrestricted_get_object and catalog_unrestricted_search methods to step class.
[jone]

- Handle profiles of packages which were removed but have leftover generic setup entries.
[jone]


1.0 (2012-08-13)
----------------

- Add installed upgrades to transaction note. Closes #7
[jone]

- Add ``migrate_class`` helper with _p_changed implementation supporting BTreeFolder2Base containers.
[jone]

- Remove ``purge_resource_registries()`` helper because it does not behave as expected.
[jone]

- Set min-height of upgrade output frame to 500px.
[jone]

- Print exceptions to browser log stream.
[jone]


1.0b2 (2012-07-04)
------------------

- Fix the upgrade registration problem (using a classmethod does not work
since registration fails).
[jone]

- Let @@manage-upgrade be usable without actually installing the GS profile.
[maethu]


1.0b1 (2012-06-27)
------------------

- First implementation.
[jone]

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