To be safe in case of any crashes/problems during the update, back up your database (dump) befor the upgrade.

Linux: execute sudo stages stop

Windows: stop the Stages and Stages Search Windows services

Edit the …/stages/conf/config.xml file and locate the <feedback-system> section.

Insert a <feedback-systems> tag before it and a </feedback-systems> tag behind it and add ident and displayName attribute to your <host> tag, so it looks like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<stages-config>
 
  <!-- Wrap your feedback system with a feedback-systems section: -->
  <feedback-systems>
    <feedback-system name="jira">
      <!-- Add ident and displayName attribute to your host tag -->
      <host url="https://some.example.com/feedback-system" ident="system1" displayName="Feedback System 1">
         <property name="propertyKey" value="propertyValue" />
        <!-- ... -->
      </host>
      <!-- Add more hosts of same feedback system type here -->
    </feedback-system>
    <!-- Add more feedback system types here -->
  </feedback-systems>
</stages-config>

Linux: execute sudo rpm -Uvh stages-…rpm or sudo yum localinstall stages-…rpm, depending on your Linux flavor

Windows: execute Stages V7.7 Windows installer in an elevated command prompt and follow the assistant steps

Linux: execute sudo stages reload

Windows: verify that Stages and Stages Search Windows services are running