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Upgrading

Upgrading ResourceSpace requires Subversion (SVN) to be installed on your server. Before upgrading you should ensure that your system meets the General installation requirements.

Navigate to the web root

Open a Terminal/Command Prompt and change to the web root where ResourceSpace is installed (i.e. the location of 'login.php').

On Linux machines this may be:

/var/www/html/resourcespace

On Windows machines this may be:

C:/inetpub/wwwroot/resourcespace

Check for modified files:

Run the following command to find any files that have been changed locally.

svn diff

If there are modified files it may be useful to save these to a text file in case of conflicts:

svn diff > before_upgrade.diff

Upgrade the code

Perform the upgrade by switching the code to the latest version in the releases branch:

svn switch https://svn.resourcespace.com/svn/rs/releases/10.0

or simply:

svn switch ^/releases/10.0

NOTE: For larger systems, the upgrade to 10.0 can take a long time (several hours) due to a large migration script changing how metadata is stored in the database. It is advised to upgrade to version 9.8 first:

svn switch ^/releases/9.8

Or, if you are already using version 9.8, update to the latest revision:

svn update
Then you can run the following script: 
php pages/tools/populate_nodes_pre_v10.php

Once that script is complete you can perform the upgrade to version 10.0 with less downtime incurred.

Converting a downloaded installation to a Subversion working copy

Using Subversion means upgrading is easier, particularly if you plan to make local changes that must be carefully merged. To convert your installation to a Subversion working copy, use:

svn co --force https://svn.resourcespace.com/svn/rs/releases/10.0 .

You can then update to the latest version of the checked out release simply by typing

svn update

Troubleshooting

  • If you get an error similar to the following: "sqlite[S8]: attempt to write a readonly database" you need elevated permissions to run the SVN command. On Linux put "sudo" before the command and on Windows open the Command Prompt/Powershell as Administrator.
  • When using Command Prompt on Windows you will need to escape the ^ character. So the upgrade command would instead be "svn switch ^^/releases/10.0".
  • File and folder permissions of the code may be changed when upgrading. On Linux setting the ownership of the files to the user group www-data may resolve any permission issues.
  • If any issues occur during the upgrade that leave your checkout in a broken state, use the 'svn cleanup' command to fix this.