Upgrade OpenProject

It is strongly recommended to create a backup before starting the update process. If you have important data, create and try to restore a backup to ensure that everything works properly.

Follow these steps to only upgrade the application code without modifying any other stack components:

• Launch a new OpenProject instance or server.

• Copy the database backup to the new server.

• Stop all servers and start only PostgreSQL.

    $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
    $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start postgresql
  

• Remove the previous database and create the new one. You can configure the database user password with a secure password.

    $ psql -U postgres
    Password: ****
    postgres=# drop database bitnami_openproject;
    postgres=# create database bitnami_openproject;
    postgres=# grant all privileges on bitnami_openproject.* to 'bn_openproject'@'localhost' identified by 'DATABASE_PASSWORD';
  

• Navigate to the OpenProject installation directory:

    $ cd /opt/bitnami/openproject
  

• Restore the new database:

    $ psql -U postgres bitnami_openproject < backup.sql
  

  • Edit the OpenProject configuration file at config/database.yml to update the database user password to the one that set previously.

      production:
        adapter: postgresql
        encoding: unicode
        database: bitnami_openproject
        pool: 20
        username: bn_openproject
        password: "DATABASE_PASSWORD"
        host: localhost
    

• Migrate the database to the latest version:

    $ bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
  

• Copy the files folder, located in the OpenProject installation directory, from the old installation to the new one.

• Finally, clean the cache and the sessions:

    $ bundle exec rake tmp:clear
  

  • Restart the servers and you can access the new OpenProject installation.

    $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart