Upgrading steps and common issues. |
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Before attempting any upgrade or making any changes to your installation, you should always back up your files and database. If properly configured, Blesta can back up your database automatically, but you should perform a manual backup of everything before proceeding. |
If you are upgrading from Blesta version 2.5, please see Migrating to Blesta. Going from 2.5 to 3.0 requires a fresh installation of version 3, and running the importer. |
Some files and directories were removed in version 4.0.0 that were present in 3.x which you may wish to remove when upgrading.
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Watch the video or follow these steps to upgrade Blesta on your server.
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Visit https://account.blesta.com/ and click "Downloads", then click to download the latest version. The latest full version is also normally displayed on the home page of https://www.blesta.com.
Unzip the Blesta archive (.zip) file using your favorite compression utility. On Windows, right click and select "Extract All". If the zip is uploaded to or downloaded directly to a Linux server, run the following in your shell:
unzip blesta-vx.x.x.zip |
Upload the contents of the blesta directory to your server where you installed Blesta overwriting your existing files and point your web browser to ~/admin/upgrade
Blesta may be upgraded in one of two ways:
Periodically we release patches that contain incremental changes to the installation files. Patches are released to address bugs or security vulnerabilities. A patch increments the last number in the version, for example 3.0.1, where the "1" is a patch from 3.0.0.
Follow these steps to apply an incremental patch.
Visit https://account.blesta.com/client/plugin/download_manager/client_main/index/ and click "Patches", then click the patch for your release.
You may also download the full version, and continue in the same way. An incremental patch is included to make the process easier and prevent the necessity to overwrite all files. |
Unzip the Blesta archive (.zip) file using your favorite compression utility. On Windows, right click and select "Extract All". If the zip is uploaded to or downloaded directly to a Linux server, run the following in your shell:
unzip blesta-x.x.x-x.x.x.zip |
Upload the contents of the blesta directory to your server where you installed Blesta overwriting your existing files and point your web browser to ~/admin/upgrade.
Look in the footer for "Installed Version" to confirm that the patch was applied, and the new version is recognized.
That's it!