1 Where do you get new releases from?
If you don’t know where to download an update, please consult our sales representatives (sales@gentics.com).
2 Update notes
Please do not update production systems without BACKUP!!! and testing new releases on your test systems!
3 Update steps
Update process contains of following steps:
- Download the newest release and unzip the package in a new directory.
Always test a new release on a testing server and never on your production system directly!
Example of an update process:
sftp user@server.gentics.com put portalnode-php-x.0-SNAPSHOT-update.zip exit # cd /home/gentics/ # unzip portalnode-php-0.x.0-SNAPSHOT-update.zip # cd portalnode-php-0.x.0-SNAPSHOT # ./update.sh
- Go to folder scripts/
- Make backup of your current portal folder and of your database (our script does this too but we don’t take responsibility)
- Check if your current user is allowed to update your current portal installation
- Execute for Linux (./update.sh) or on Windows (update.bat)
- Enter your installation path of your current portal installation (without trailing slash)
- Make backup to an existing backup folder. Older backups will be overwritten!
- Remove update-scripts
- Don’t forget to test your portal!!!
- DONE!
If you have custom modules in