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 MySQL.

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

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

  $ mysql -u root -p
  Password: ****
  mysql> drop database bitnami_openproject;
  mysql> create database bitnami_openproject;
  mysql> grant all privileges on bitnami_openproject.* to 'bn_openproject'@'localhost' identified by 'DATABASE_PASSWORD';
  

• Restore the new database:

  $ mysql -u root -p bitnami_openproject < backup.sql
  

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

    production:
      adapter: mysql2
      database: bitnami_openproject
      host: localhost
      username: bn_openproject
      password: "DATABASE_PASSWORD"
      encoding: utf8
    

• Migrate the database to the latest version:

  $ cd /opt/bitnami/apps/openproject/htdocs
  $ ruby bin/rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
  

• Copy the /opt/bitnami/apps/openproject/htdocs/files folder from the old installation to the new one.

• Finally, clean the cache and the sessions:

  $ ruby bin/rake tmp:clear

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

    $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart

Troubleshooting

• If you see the following error, go to your database and remove the specified table and run the migrate command again.

    Mysql::Error: Table 'changeset_parents' already exists: CREATE TABLE `changeset_parents` (`changeset_id` int(11) NOT NULL, `parent_id` int(11) NOT NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB
  
    $ mysql -u root -p
    mysql> use bitnami_openproject;
    mysql> drop table changeset_parents;
  

• If you upgrade from a 1.x version and you see something similar to this error creating an issue:

    MysqlStatement::Error Value for field `value` cannot be NULL INSERT INTO custom_value ...
  

  Go to your custom values in the Admin panel, try to edit and save them again. This should fix the issue.