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The required platform for OpenACS 4.6 is the same as +
The required platform for OpenACS 4.6 is the same as 4.5, with the exception of OpenFTS. OpenACS 4.6 and later require OpenFTS 0.3.2 for full text search on PostGreSQL. If you have OpenFTS 0.2, you'll need to upgrade.
A computer with OpenACS 4.5.
OpenACS 4.6 tarball or CVS checkout/export.
Required for Full Text Search on PostgreSQL: OpenFTS 0.3.2
Make a Backup.�Back up the database and file system (see the section called “Manual backup and recovery”).
OPTIONAL: Upgrade OpenFTS.�the section called “Upgrading OpenFTS from 0.2 to 0.3.2”
Stop the server
[root root]# svc -d /service/service0Upgrade the file system.�the section called “Upgrading the OpenACS files”
@@ -8,4 +8,51 @@ upgrade, plus any new packages you want. It's safest to upgrade the kernel by itself, and then come back and upgrade the rest of the - desired packages in a second pass.
On the next screen, click
When prompted, restart the server:
[root root]# restart-aolserver service0Wait a minute, then browse to the package manager, http://yourserver/acs-admin/apm.
Check that the kernel upgrade worked by clicking All and making sure that acs-kernel version is 5.0.0b4.
Rollback.�If anything goes wrong, roll back to the backup snapshot.
OpenACS 5.0 requires PostGreSQL 7.3; OpenACS 4.6.3 supports both 7.2 and 7.3; OpenACS versions prior to 4.6.3 do not support PostGreSQL 7.3. Therefore, if you are upgrading a PostGreSQL OpenACS site from a version before 4.6.3, you must do it in three steps:
Current working notes in Forum OpenACS Development: 4.6.3 upgrade to 5-HEAD: final results.
On the next screen, click
When prompted, restart the server:
[root root]# restart-aolserver service0Wait a minute, then browse to the package manager, http://yourserver/acs-admin/apm.
Check that the kernel upgrade worked by clicking All and making sure that acs-kernel version is 5.0.0b4.
Rollback.�If anything goes wrong, roll back to the backup snapshot.
OpenACS 5.0 requires PostGreSQL 7.3; OpenACS 4.6.3 supports both 7.2 and 7.3; OpenACS versions prior to 4.6.3 do not support PostGreSQL 7.3. Therefore, if you are upgrading a PostGreSQL OpenACS site from a version before 4.6.3, you must do it in three steps:
+pg_dump mydb > mydb.dmp
+
+If you are also upgrading from postgresql 7.2 to postgresql 7.3:
+From openacs 5.0
+
+/openacs-5/bin/pg_7.2to7.3_upgrade_helper.pl mydb.dmp mydb-new.dmp /path/to/openacs-4-install
+
+ * Reload mydb-new.dmp into postgresql 7.3.
+ * psql -f /openacs-5/packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/postgresql.sql mydb
+ * Load acs-kernel sql upgrade scripts from the previous openacs version. Be sure to load 5.0d* scripts before 5.0.0b* scripts.
+ * Load acs-service-contract sql upgrade scripts
+ * Load acs-authentication data model
+ psql -f openacs-5/packages/acs-authentication/sql/postgresql/acs-authentication-create.sql mydb
+ * Load acs-lang data model
+ psql -f openacs-5/packages/acs-lang/sql/postgresql/acs-lang-create.sql mydb
+
+Next create in openacs-5/tcl/ zzz-postload.tcl containing
+
+if {![apm_package_installed_p acs-lang]} {
+
+ apm_package_install -enable -mount_path acs-lang [acs_root_dir]/packages/acs-lang/acs-lang.info
+
+ lang::catalog::import -locales [list "en_US"]
+
+}
+
+
+if {![apm_package_installed_p acs-authentication]} {
+
+ apm_package_install -enable [acs_root_dir]/packages/acs-authentication/acs-authentication.info
+
+ apm_parameter_register "UsePasswordWidgetForUsername" \
+ "Should we hide what the user types in the username
+ field, the way we do with the password field? Set
+ this to 1 if you are us ing sensitive information
+ such as social security number for username." \
+ acs-kernel 0 number \
+ security 1 1
+ parameter::set_value -package_id [ad_acs_kernel_id] -parameter UsePasswordWidgetForUsername -value 0
+
+}
+
+Cross fingers.
+
+If you can login, visit /acs-admin/apm and upgrade acs-kernel, acs-service-contract and uncheck the data model scripts. Restart. If everything is still working, make another backup of the database. Then upgrade the rest of your packages through the APM.
++See also this forum post: Forum OpenACS Development: 4.6.3 upgrade to 5-HEAD: final results.