By nineja on

I have searched and searched for general instructions for upgrading modules. Usually the documentation for modules that I want to upgrade don't include instructions for upgrading unless it's a major release, like 4.7 to 5.x.

I need to do upgrades, for example, on a 5.x-beta5 to 5.x-1.6...but I'm afraid of ruining my sites (multisite installation, shared database with some unique table prefixes) !! I'd like some step-by-step instructions...

Does anyone know if these exist? It seems like they would be in the handbook somewhere, but I haven't been able to find them.

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ms1’s picture

ms1 commented

Even I have tried but, I am unable to find the requisite information.

Can anybody please help.

Regards

Rico Heart’s picture

Rico Heart commented

Yeah, this is a question for me too.

peterdd’s picture

peterdd commented

Missed that too...

nadam’s picture

nadam commented

Just update the files and run update.php if the Administer section tells you it's necessary. Worked for me so far.

Quint’s picture

Quint commented

> afraid of ruining my sites (multisite

Indeed. That's why I dismantled my multisite setup back into individual accounts. Of my 30 or 40 upgrades so far (sites x versions), one blew up. Over several hours I had to restore the backup DB several times before getting it working. I had the wrong PHP.ini, which set memory too low, which ruined the DB when I tried to re-enable the modules. I would have been sweating bullets if it involved all my sites.

Winters-1’s picture

Winters-1 commented

I have the same question, especially for modules that are used heavily. I tried to do an upgrade recently and my site died. Lucky I backed it up, but now I'm not sure how to proceed. The update addresses a security concern, so I don't just want to ignore it.