Updating from 1.1 to 1.18

blazman

I am trying to update from 1.1 to 1.18. I have created an EC2 instance for 1.18, installed 1.18, connected 1.18 to a copy of the original database. I used the update screen, first time I clicked update it did something and then failed. Now when I try it, it fails immediately. There does not seem to be a log, the apache and php logs do not highlight the event. Anyone have any advice?

KevinTheJedi

blazman

I highly doubt you mean 1.1 as that would be from like 2003 or so 😅 What version are you actually upgrading from? What’s the schema_signature from the _config table?

You can check the system logs within the UI. That usually displays any upgrader errors.

Cheers.

blazman

You are correct. It is version 1.11 that I am trying to upgrade.

KevinTheJedi

blazman

Nice, now what about the other question I asked and checking the system logs?

Cheers.

blazman

The system log was not verbose, it was one line something like "Update failed" I can login there. maybe I need to start over with a new EC2 instance

KevinTheJedi

blazman

For now I would completely drop the failed upgrade database and re-import the previous one. Then I would check the webserver and PHP configurations like the request size limitations (PHP: post_max_size, upload_max_filesize, max_input_vars, max_multipart_body_parts | Apache: LimitRequestBody, LimitRequestFields, LimitRequestFieldSize, LimitRequestLine, RequestReadTimeout, and if it's a reverse proxy to FPM ProxyTimeout), all the different timeout settings (PHP: max_execution_time, max_input_time, default_socket_timeout, request_terminate_timeout and if using FPM the entire pm.* family | Apache: Timeout, KeepAliveTimeout), memory settings (PHP: memory_limit), etc. to increase to viable amounts as the default ones are quite small and can hinder the upgrade. Then I would completely restart the webserver and PHP-FPM and reattempt the upgrade.

Cheers.