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Version: 9.x

Upgrade

Upgrading Bacula-Web installation is very easy, you only need basic linux administration skills.

Configuration backup​

Before proceeding to the upgrade, make sure you do a copy of the config file and users database

  • <bacula-web path>/application/config/config.php
  • <bacula-web path>/application/assets/protected/application.db

Copy above files in your $HOME folder for example

$ sudo cp -pv <bacula-web path>/application/config/config.php $HOME/
$ sudo -pv <bacula-web path>/application/assets/protected/application.db $HOME/

Check the requirements​

Ensure that you meet all system requirements (more information are available in the Requirements page).

Using Composer​

Please use steps described below to upgrade Bacula-Web to latest stable version using Composer

Move to Apache root folder

Red Hat / Centos / Fedora

$ cd /var/www/html 
$ sudo mv -v bacula-web bacula-web-beforeupgrade
tip

The path might need to be adapted depending on your setup

Get latest stable version of Bacula-Web

$ sudo -u apache composer create-project bacula-web/bacula-web bacula-web @stable

Copy configuration and users database to new Bacula-Web folder

$ sudo cp -pv bacula-web-beforeupgrade/application/config/config.php bacula-web/application/config/
$ sudo cp -pv bacula-web-beforeupgrade/application/assets/protected/* bacula-web/application/assets/protected/

Fix files ownership and permissions​

Move the folder in the web server folder

$ sudo mv -v bacula-web /var/www/

Follow instructions to set permissions and ownership in your Bacula-Web folder.

Next step​

Once the upgrade process is completed, you can test your Bacula-Web installation