Update to 6.2#

Note

We highly recommend to update on a test instance first.

This documentation explains how to update to the Znuny 6.2 release.

Please note that your current system needs to be a:

  • Znuny 6.1.x

to perform the update. We do not support direct updates from any version of OTRS, ((OTRS)) Community Edition, Znuny LTS or before 6.1

Preparations#

Before the update can started we need to perform some tasks to prepare the update.

Check if every add-on your are using is available for version 6.2. You don’t have to care on packages which are already integrated, see the list of them in the release notes.

Create a backup of the database, the application and all data, especially the attachments.

Stop all services#
# Stop the webserver
systemctl stop httpd # CentOS / RHEL
systemctl stop apache2 # Debian / Ubuntu

# Stop your local MTA, mostly Postfix, sometimes Exim or Sendmail
systemctl stop postfix


# Remove crontab, stop daemon
su -c 'bin/Cron.sh stop' - otrs
su -c 'bin/otrs.Daemon.pl stop' - otrs

Update via RPM#

The update via RPM.

You can find the correct URL for your RPM at https://www.znuny.org/releases.

# Update to Znuny 6.2 (RHEL 7 / CentOS 7)
yum update -y https://download.znuny.org/releases/RPMS/rhel/7/znuny-6.2.1-02.noarch.rpm

# Check for missing modules and add required modules
/opt/otrs/bin/otrs.CheckModules.pl --all

Update via source#

The installation from source takes some more steps. If there are more file to restore than mentioned in the restore block, add them by yourself.

# Download latest Znuny 6.2
cd /opt
wget https://download.znuny.org/releases/znuny-latest-6.2.tar.gz

# Extract
tar xfz znuny-latest-6.2.tar.gz

# Set permissions
/opt/znuny-6.2.1/bin/otrs.SetPermissions.pl

# Restore Kernel/Config.pm, articles, etc.
cp -av /opt/otrs/Kernel/Config.pm /opt/znuny-6.2.1/Kernel/
mv /opt/otrs/var/article/* /opt/znuny-6.2.1/var/article/

# Restore dotfiles from the homedir to the new directory
for f in $(find -L /opt/otrs -maxdepth 1 -type f -name .\* -not -name \*.dist); do cp -av "$f" /opt/znuny-6.2.1/; done

# Restore modified and custom cron job
for f in $(find -L /opt/otrs/var/cron -maxdepth 1 -type f -name .\* -not -name \*.dist); do cp -av "$f" /opt/znuny-6.2.1/var/cron/; done

# Delete the old symlink
rm /opt/otrs

# Create a symlink
ln -s /opt/znuny-6.2.1 /opt/otrs

# Check for missing modules and add required modules
/opt/otrs/bin/otrs.CheckModules.pl --all

Execute the migration script#

su - otrs
scripts/MigrateToZnuny6_2.pl

Update installed packages#

Note

Packages for earlier version of Znuny LTS (6.0.x) Znuny are might not compatible with Znuny 6.2 and have to be updated.

su - otrs
bin/otrs.Console.pl Admin::Package::UpgradeAll

Restart everything#

# Fill the crontab and wait(!) at least 5 minutes that the Daemon is started via cron
su -c 'bin/Cron.sh start' - otrs

# Start the webserver
systemctl start httpd # CentOS / RHEL
systemctl start apache2 # Debian / Ubuntu

# Start your local MTA, mostly Postfix, sometimes Exim or Sendmail
systemctl start postfix