Clark-G/upgrade-postgres-9.5-to-11.md

## upgrade-postgres-9.5-to-11.md

      
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Install Postgres 11, and then:
sudo pg_dropcluster 11 main --stop
sudo pg_upgradecluster 9.5 main
sudo pg_dropcluster 9.5 main

Install PostgreSQL:
sudo echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ xenial-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list

wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | \
  sudo apt-key add -
  
sudo apt update

sudo apt install postgresql-11 postgresql-client-11 postgresql-contrib-11

Use dpkg -l | grep postgresql to check which versions of postgres are installed:
i   postgresql                                                        - object-relational SQL database (supported version)
i A postgresql-9.5                                                    - object-relational SQL database, version 9.5 server
i A postgresql-9.6                                                    - object-relational SQL database, version 9.6 server
i A postgresql-client-9.5                                             - front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.5
i A postgresql-client-11                                             - front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.6
i A postgresql-contrib-9.5                                            - additional facilities for PostgreSQL
i A postgresql-contrib-11                                            - additional facilities for PostgreSQL

Run pg_lsclusters, your 9.5 and 9.6 main clusters should be "online".
pg_lsclusters 
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory               Log file
9.5 main    5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.5-main.log
11 main    5433 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.5/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.6-main.log

There already is a cluster "main" for 11 (since this is created by default on package installation).
This is done so that a fresh installation works out of the box without the need to create a cluster first,
but of course it clashes when you try to upgrade 9.5/main when 11/main also exists.
The recommended procedure is to remove the 11 cluster with pg_dropcluster and then upgrade with pg_upgradecluster.
Stop the 9.6 cluster and drop it.
sudo pg_dropcluster 11 main --stop
Upgrade the 9.5 cluster to the latest version.
sudo pg_upgradecluster 9.5 main
Your 9.5 cluster should now be "down".
pg_lsclusters 
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner    Data directory               Log file
9.5 main    5433 down   postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.5/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.5-main.log
11 main    5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.6/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.6-main.log

Check that the upgraded cluster works, then remove the 9.5 cluster.
sudo pg_dropcluster 9.5 main
Lastly:
sudo nano /etc/postgresql/9.6/main/postgresql.conf

Change cluster_name = '9.5/main' to cluster_name = '11/main'.