Pre-release steps

1. [V] Download the installation RPM nexus-2.3.1-1.el5.rpm .

Release steps

1. [V] set up the outage page redirect for the web interface and service unavailable for the repositories
2. [V] Wait till the sheduled disk backup is complete
3. [V] Turn off puppet
4. [V] Install the RPM
5. [V] Check, if /services/nexus/nexus-professional-2.3.1/bin/nexus has following line:\\RUN_AS_USER=jetty
   
6. [V] Resolve puppet files (nexus.properties and nexus.), that are in the new directory (version number has changed to 2.3.0)
7. [V, H] Turn on Puppet and check the modified files are in place
8. [V] Check /services/nexus/nexus-professional-2.3.1/cong/nexus.properties . Eloqua URL must be http://www.stage.redhat.com on staging, while http://www.redhat.com on production
9. [V] Start the Nexus service
10. [V,H] check the nexus-gc.log for errors
11. [H] Check login using URL realm
12. [H] Check the branding logo
13. [H] Check Eloqua tracking plugin
14. [V] remove the redirect to the maintenance page

Rollback

1. [V] stop the new version of nexus
2. [V] ask IT to revert the disk to the last backup
3. [V] start Nexus service
4. [H] check the functionality
5. [V] remove the redirect to the maintenance page