Upgrade Openfire
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.
You can upgrade the application only without modifying any other stack components. Follow these steps:
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Stop your server:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
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Copy the etc/, var/ and openfire_home/ folders in the openfire/ folder:
$ mkdir ~/openfire_backup $ sudo cp -r /opt/bitnami/openfire/conf ~/openfire_backup/ $ sudo cp -r /opt/bitnami/openfire/scripts ~/openfire_backup/
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Download the latest version of Openfire and uncompress it:
$ tar -xvf openfire_4_0_2.tar.gz
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Copy the uncompressed folder to /opt/bitnami/openfire:
$ cp -r openfire_4_0_2.tar/* /opt/bitnami/openfire/
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Recover your backup files:
$ sudo cp -r ~/openfire_backup/* /opt/bitnami/openfire/
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Restart your server:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart