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{{WorkInProgress}}'''NOTE:''' With the introduction of Nextcloud it has not been determined how version release numbering will be managed.
Starting from the ownCloud does not have a feature for automatically or for manually initiating the installation of 8.0 release, new version releasesare issued in a "time based" schedule. Moving Please be aware due to testing and software changes a new release is usually achieved by installing a newly updated Amahi package but installing the new ownCloud release manually is also possible. Reinstalling a new Amahi package is a safer practice than a manual installschedule can be changed suddenly.
Like New versions have a lot software in the Open Source world when there is a new ownCloud version release, any third party applications written by a "third party author" may not work as expected with a new release. It takes time for the third party authors to update their applications to work with a new ownCloud releasespecific numbering format: x. Some third party applications can be "restored" from backups or re-installed from the ownCloud applications store successfully for a new ownCloud version releasey.z
* x - each year there will be a new release (i.e. 7, 8, 9). This is an '''upgrade'''.
* y - every calendar quarter there will be a new major version (i.e. 8.0 8.1, 8.2), starting at 0 for quarter one. This is an '''upgrade'''.
* z - patch and security intermediate releases are issued as necessary (i.e. 8.1.1, 8.1.2), also known as "point releases". This is an '''update'''.
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Refer to the Nextcloud '''[https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule Maintenance and Release Schedule]''' for more information.
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The following sections are meant for sites with small to medium installations. If for some reason an update/upgrade fails chances are it will be due to a "PHP timeout" or a software flaw in the ownCloud updater process. "PHP timeouts" can occur on larger installations, refer to the '''Please Note[https://docs.nextcloud.com/ Nextcloud documentation]'''regarding the use of the "'''occ'''" command-line facility (it works well for small to medium installations as well. Should the update/upgrade process (this happens from time-to-time) fail due to a software flaw consult the '''[https://help.nextcloud.com/categories/ Nextcloud Forum]''' for possible workarounds or wait a new release of Nextcloud.<br/>===Updating ownCloud/Nextcloud on Amahi===
Information given in this section is based on Fedora installations.Use the following steps for updating:
===Reinstalling * Catalog all applications active in the current ownCloud Package instance. Take special care to identify the "core" applications that were activated and Approved/Experimental applications that were installed. There is no guarantee that non-core applications will work on a new ownCloud release.* Review and document all ownCloud sharing techniques used in the current ownCloud instance.* It is recommended that all non-core applications be disabled before updating.* Do backups of the ownCloud database, binaries and stored files.* Go to the AmahiDashboard, Apps => Installed, and uninstall the current ownCloud instance. This will remove the ownCloud binaries and ownCloud database.* Go to the Amahi Dashboard, Apps ==> Available, and install the new ownCloud release.* Using a "terminal" connection, "cd" in to the ownCloud directory containing the binaries. cd /var/hda/web-apps/owncloudx/html - where "x" is an ownCloud major release number* Restore the ownCloud "config.php" file from backups.* Restore the ownCloud apps directory from backups.* Using a "terminal" connection and using the command-line '''OR''' an Amahi MySQL application restore the ownCloud database from backups.* Using a web browser, open ownCloud and something similar will display:::[[File:oc-updater-8.png‎]]::This is the ownCloud "updater" process, it will do attempt to do the final update steps to the new ownCloud instance. When completed it should redirect to the ownCloud login screen. If there are any errors, consult the ownCloud Administrator's guide and possibly the ownCloud Forum.* If the update was successful, login to the ownCloud "administration" user account as usual.* Navigate to the ownCloud Admin page and confirm the new version release number.* Confirm some of the other settings and make appropriate changes (file upload/download sizes, versioning).* '''DO NOT''' turn the system over to users yet!* Enable required "core" and Approved/Experimental applications "one-at-a-time", testing each application. Stop at any behaviour that is not the same, this usually happens with Approved/Experimental applications (there maybe new versions that have to be installed). * Login to a normal user account and test ownCloud functionality (i.e. sharing) and applications. * If the prior testing was successful have other users test their ownCloud IDs.* The update is now completed.
For ===Upgrading ownCloud/Nextcloud on Amahi, ownCloud must be reinstalled in order to move to a new version release. Additionally, installed third party applications may have to be reinstalled.===
Use the following steps for package reinstallationupgrading:
* Catalogue It is '''highly''' desirable that your current ownCloud instance is at the latest release number (nothing below release 8.0.0 will upgrade) before the next major version release. This is important as there may have been some important meta data fixes (or other fixes) that the new major release is dependent on. If you skip this step the upgrade for ownCloud may have some problems at a future time. The following sub-steps use an upgrade from ownCloud 8.0.7 to 8.1.1 as an example.* Catalog all applications active in the current ownCloud instance. Take special care to identify the "core" applications that were activated and Approved/Experimental applications that were installed. There is no guarantee that non-core applications will work on a new ownCloud release.
* Review and document all ownCloud sharing techniques used in the current ownCloud instance.
* Do backups of the ownCloud database , binaries and stored files.
* Go to the Amahi Dashboard, Apps => Installed, and uninstall the current ownCloud instance. This will remove the ownCloud binaries and ownCloud database.
* Go to the Amahi Dashboard, Apps => Available, and install the new ownCloud release.
* The following sub-steps must be done for ownCloud releases from version 8.0 and beyond. Refer to the ''"ownCloud 8.0 and Future Updates/Upgrades on Amahi"'' section on this page for more information.
* Using a "terminal" connection, "cd" in to the ownCloud directory containing the binaries.
cd /var/hda/web-apps/owncloudx/html
- where "x" is an ownCloud major release number
* Restore the ownCloud "config.php" file from backups. Remember that this restore '''should be''' from the last major point release (i.e. 8.0.7) versus the new major release (i.e. 8.1.1) that will be the upgrade (not update). '''DO NOT''' restore the ownCloud applications as many may not be compatible with the new release.
restore config from backups restore apps from backups restore database from backups login * Navigate to admin as usual confirm new version number test other user logins test owncloud apps test owncloud sharing ===Manually Installing a New ownCloud Version Release=== When referencing information on the ownCloud Community site the terminology for doing "updatesconfig" and "upgrades" are termed to be specific activities.directory: '''Update'''  Update is to bring an ownCloud instance to its latest point release (ownCloud 4.5.5 => 4.5.5).  To update an ownCloud installation manually, follow those steps: cd /var/hda/web-apps/owncloud8/html/config/
* Do ::The restored "config" directory contains a backup.* Download the new tarball (tar.bz2) file for the new ownCloud release in to a known directory location. * Extract the tarball and copy in to the ownCloud application directory, "config.php" as follows:
<blockquote $CONFIG = array ( 'instanceid' => 'xxx', 'passwordsalt' => 'xxxx', 'datadirectory' =>{{Code|tar -xjf path'/var/hda/tofiles/downloadedowncloud8/ownclouddata', 'dbtype' => 'mysql', 'version' => '8.0.7', 'dbname' => 'owncloud8', 'dbhost' => 'localhost', 'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_', 'dbuser' => 'owncloud8', 'dbpassword' => 'owncloud8', 'installed' => true, 'theme' => '', 'maintenance' => false, );----x'''NOTE:'''The following old example shows a major release change from 6 to 7.x<br/> When required, say an upgrade from 6 to 7, references with "owncloud6" in this file must be changed to "owncloud7". '''DO NOT''' change the "version". The changes can be made with a text editor or the following handy Linux command.xThe command looks through the "restored" config.tarphp file in the new ownCloud 7 upgrade instance, for occurrences of owncloud6 and changes them to owncloud7.bz2cp sed -r owncloud i 's/owncloud6/owncloud7/g' /var/hda/web-apps/owncloudowncloud7/html}} </blockquote>config/config.php
* Using the "cd" command go to "/var/hda/web-apps/owncloud/html/::The "config.* Change the ownership and permissions of the contents of this directory (Ubuntu ownerships are php"www-datawould have been changed as follows:www-data").
<blockquote $CONFIG = array ( 'instanceid' => 'xxx', 'passwordsalt' => 'xxxx', 'datadirectory' => '/var/hda/files/owncloud7/data', 'dbtype' => 'mysql', 'version' => '6.0.6.1', 'dbname' => 'owncloud7', 'dbhost' => 'localhost', 'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_', 'dbuser' => 'owncloud7', 'dbpassword' => 'owncloud7', 'installed' => true, 'theme' =>{{Code|​chown '', 'maintenance' => false, );----* Using a "terminal" connection and using the command-line '''OR''' an Amahi MySQL application, restore the ownCloud database from backups.* Using an Internet Browser navigate to ownCloud, the upgrade will now begin,something similar will display:::[[File:oc-vR apacheupdater-8.png‎]]::This is the ownCloud "updater" process, it will do attempt to do the final update steps to the new ownCloud instance. When completed it should redirect to the ownCloud login screen. If there are any errors, consult the ownCloud Administrator's guide and possibly the ownCloud Forum.* If the upgrade was successful, login to the ownCloud "administration" user account as usual.* Navigate to the Admin page and confirm new version release number.* Confirm some of the other settings and make appropriate changes (file upload/download sizes, versioning).* '''DO NOT''' turn the system over to users yet!*Navigate to the Apps page.chmod * Enable "core" applications that were used in the previous ownCloud instance "one-at-vR 755 time". Testing each after enabling.* Enable/Install any additional Approved/Experimental applications available from the new release that were used in the prior ownCloud instance. Testing each after enabling.*}} Login to a normal user account and test ownCloud functionality (i.e. sharing) and applications. </blockquote>* If the prior testing was successful have other users test their ownCloud IDs.* The upgrade is now completed.
===ownCloud 8.0/Nextcloud and Future Updates/Upgrades on Amahi===
In order to allow multiple instances of different version releases of ownCloud on the same Amahi server naming changes to the main ownCloud application directory and database names have been implemented.
* With The location where the next page request actual ownCloud application is stored has changed to "/var/hda/web-apps/owncloudx/html" (where "x" is the update procedures will runmajor release number). For example for ownCloud release version 7.0.3 the directory is named owncloud7.
'''Upgrade'''* The ownCloud database user ID, password, and name have changed in the same manner. Before updating or upgrading changes will have to be made to the ownCloud "config.php" configuration file before proceeding further.
Upgrade is * You may want to bring an consider changing your ownCloud instance to a new major release, edata file directory name for the same naming convention.gProvided you used the name owncloud as part of the data directory name. ownCloud 4.0.7 → 4.5.0. Always do backups anyway.To upgrade ownCloud, follow those steps:
• Make sure that * If you use automated backup and recovery software you ran the latest point release of the major may have to reload and reconfigure your ownCloud version, e.g. 4.0.x in data and backup system configuration before the 4next backup set is taken.5.x series. If not, update Some backup systems allow you to that version first (see above).• Do a backup.• Deactivate all third party applications.• Delete everything from your change the ownCloud installation directorynames (data, except data and ownCloud config.• Unpack the release tarball ,php location) in the owncloud directory existing backup sets (or copy the files theretorsnapshot).• Make sure that the file permissions are correct.• With the next page request the update procedures will run.• If you had 3rd party applications, check if they provide versions compatible with the new release. If so, install and enable them, update procedures will run if needed.
An administrator * Starting with ownCloud 8.0, on upgrade, most applications are disabled, only certain "updatecore" feature applications are left enabled (third partyFiles, Pictures) is available, but will only work in a . The ownCloud Community has "traditionalslimmed" LAMP server environment using ownCloud install defaultsdown their installation package to provide basic functionality. Once the Most "one click installcore" Amahi package has applications have now been updated moved to a new version of the ownCloud the package will have to be reinstalledappStore.
When reinstalling ===Upgrading ownCloud 8.2.1 to Nextcloud 10.x on Amahi===About June 1, 2016 one of the founders, some developers, and some staff broke away from the ownCloud package make sure all data is backed uporganization. To upgrade to The result was the next version creation of a "fork" product based on ownCloud 9, called "Nextcloud". Nextcloud 9 was introduced as a "plug-in" replacement for ownCloud instance9. However, replace the files (copy) with the new set due to severe bugs inherited from ownCloud the downloadupdate/upgrade process did not function correctly. Later releases of Nextcloud 9. Leave 0.54 and 10.0.1 repaired the "config/" directory intact process. Unfortunately due to preserve your the broken process many Amahi users are still using earlier stable releases of ownCloud configuration . Implementing Nextcloud would have resulted in users starting from scratch with new installations. This is a problem for instances that have big collections of stored dataand sharing configurations. Amahi has decided to go straight to Nextcloud 10. The 0.1. So the question, can we skip a major upgrade step (Nextcloud 9.0.54)? Well, kind of, with some issues, it is possible. This section will happen automatically upon the next user loginhelp you with that.
Please remember The '''supported upgrade path''' should be for example; ''ownCloud 8.2.1 => Nextcloud 9.0.54 => Nextcloud 10.0.1''. This works flawlessly. The steps that follow are not '''not guaranteed''' to check work for every new upgrade instance of Nextcloud 10. ownCloud 8.2.1 is the “apache:users” ownership on earliest release tested. If the copied files and directoriesupgrade steps do not work for a new upgrade instance you will have to start with a complete new installation. If they are The Nextcloud Community will not set, use the “chown” command (recursively)help with issues where an upgrade step was skipped.
'''NOTE: ''' The section for '''[https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Backup_and_Recovery_of_ownCloud Backup and Recovery of ownCloud/Nextcloud ]''' has been updated, please read carefully!
# Backup the ownCloud 8.2.1 (not guaranteed to work for anything earlier) instance to be upgrade, including the database.# Rename the old owncloud code directory in “/var/www/html/”, to say “xowncloud”.# Download and extract “Nextcloud 10.0.x” to a "Downloads" or other known location.# Rename the “nextcloud” binaries directory to “owncloud”.# Copy the downloaded binaries (owncloud) directory over to the "/var/www/html/" location.# Go to the copied "owncloud" directory under /var/www/html/, find PHP files; "version.php" and "index.php". '''Copy''' them to a known location, they will be required downstream in the upgrade.# In “owncloud” directory, in the “version.php” file.# Find the line containing "$OC_VersionCanBeUpgradedFrom".# Change the entry to: $OC_VersionCanBeUpgradedFrom = array(8,2,1); '''<span style="color:#FF0000"><== DO NOT TRY THIS FOR VERSIONS PRIOR TO V8.2.1, IT MOST LIKELY WILL FAIL.</span>'''# Drop and create the database instance.# Perform the usual recommended upgrade steps (from backups??): ## Restore the old "config.php". ## Restore the database. ## Set permissions and ownership to binaries directory structure.# Now do the usual upgrade process (i.e. via the browser GUI). The upgrade "should" complete successfully. '''DO NOT''' login to Nextcloud yet.# Copy the original “index.php” and “version.php” files from the "known" location in to the “owncloud” directory, replacing the existing copies (this will overwrite the modified version.php).# After the copying of the PHP files, restart the Apache or reboot the server.# Login to Nextcloud as the “administration user” and go to the “Admin” application. A scanning operation will begin in the “Security & setup warnings” section. # After a period of time a warning message will appear in “red” stating that a “Code Integrity check...” failure has occurred.# On the red line for this failure, "click" on the "Rescan" link. This will force a new Nextcloud scan. After the new scan the code check failure should disappear.# Test the new instance. On the surface most things will upgrade correctly. ::*Sharing and data configurations tested worked "mostly".::*Some applications may not upgrade correctly, usually disabling/enabling each application should fix the issue. ::*If using “External Storage Support”, there maybe a double entry for the same items. Delete the second one.<br/>
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