Freeside:4:Documentation:Upgrading
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Start of 3.x to 4.x upgrade instructions.
Note that unlike most major version upgrades, a minimum version of 3.3 is needed before upgrading to 4.x. If running an earlier version, upgrade to 3.3 or later before upgrading to 4.x.
Upgrade instructions
Preqrequisites
Debian
aptitude update; aptitude install libhtml-formattext-withlinks-perl libemail-address-list-perl libsymbol-global-name-perl libdate-extract-perl libcgi-emulate-psgi-perl libplack-perl librole-basic-perl libhtml-formattext-withlinks-andtables-perl libcrypt-x509-perl libdata-guid-perl libencode-perl
Other distributions
Install the appropriate Perl modules as indicated above.
Initial cleanup
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rm -r /opt/rt3/lib#is this necessary? i think it was RT 3.8->4.0-only (freeside 2.3->3.0), because of how it moved its libs around
Freeside
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cd freeside-4.0
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make clean; make configure-rt; make install-perl-modules
- As the freeside UNIX user, run
freeside-upgrade username
, passing the username of an internal Freeside user. - If freeside-upgrade hangs, try stopping Apache, all Freeside processes, and anything else connected to your database, especially on older PostgreSQL versions.
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make install-docs
RT
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make install-rt
- cd freeside-4.0/rt
- As the freeside UNIX user, run
/opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database --dba freeside --prompt-for-dba-password --action upgrade
Post-upgrade configuration
Doing real-time electronic check transactions? After the upgrade, double check your billing events to make sure the upgrade didn't add a duplicate "Run card or check with a Business::OnlinePayment realtime gateway"