XF 2.1 XF 1.5.22 update directly to XF 2.1.3?

[Amin Sabet]

Can I update directly from XF 1.5.22 to XF 2.1.3?

 

[Paul B]

Yes.

 

[rogerl]

The short answer is yes as the Xenforo upgrade system will take you through all of the intermediate stages - but I assume you are aware of all of the implications moving from XF1.x to XF2.x (templates, add-ons etc). It isn't trivial.

 

[Paul B]

Indeed.

It's a major upgrade and will require planning and testing, depending on how customised your site is.

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[Amin Sabet]

Thank you both. I've done a good amount of testing and getting rid of all unessential addons (very few remaining). Have been putting it off this long because I know it's not going to be easy!

 

[Kevin]

Thank you both. I've done a good amount of testing and getting rid of all unessential addons (very few remaining). Have been putting it off this long because I know it's not going to be easy!

If there's any overlap between a certain other site, the #1 thing that got the most complaints from after the XF2 update was actually the style. That crowd did not like change. I know the pain you'll be going through with some of the add-ons/functionality you're using so shoot me a PM/email if you think there's something I can help answer.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Thanks, @Kevin

When upgrading from XF1 to XF2, I still only need to upload the upgrade package, correct?

 

[Tai Coromandel]

Thanks, @Kevin

When upgrading from XF1 to XF2, I still only need to upload the upgrade package, correct?

Yes, I just did this yesterday.

 

[Kevin]

Thanks, @Kevin

When upgrading from XF1 to XF2, I still only need to upload the upgrade package, correct?

As noted... yep. If you're planning on having emoji support after the update, don't forget to do the UTF8 conversion (https://xenforo.com/xf2-docs/manual/unicode/#upgrading-existing-installations). Right after the update is a good time since you'd have done a DB backup before hand and the site is closed to users.

 

[zackm]

Indeed.

It's a major upgrade and will require planning and testing, depending on how customised your site is.

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What do you mean when you say "testing"? Can you do a faux upgrade while keeping the original site live?

 

[Paul B]

No.

You should test the upgrade process on a duplicate test installation.

 

[framer]

I'm currently working same to upgrade. Keep getting I need to CHMOD 777 the internal_data or data directories but they are 777. I've removed any addon's before I started. Stumped.

Thanks
framer

 

[Ozzy47]

The /data and /internal_data directories should be chmod recursively to 0777.

 

[framer]

I verified that they are and also redid the chmod -R 777 on both directories & check all files and dir all are 777 but I still get stop with the message that they are not writable. The current site works fine on the setup. Stumped even more, what am I missing?

This is being done on a backup server and I've reloaded and started over three times.

Thanks

 

[Paul B]

If it's not a CHMOD issues, then it could be due to ownership, so you may need to CHOWN also.

 

[framer]

I've also chown -R root:root both directories and verified all files as root

thanks for the quick response.

 

[framer]

The OS is CENTOS 7 the requirements from the test file are met. PHP is 7.1.6

 

[framer]

Getting strange, current BU board runs perfect. I can't even update to 1.5.24 without it saying I need to 777 those two directories. They are 777'd

Could it be a firewall issue? Even a clean install failed to run same issue.

 

[Paul B]

It could also be something like SELinux.

You probably need to contact your host and get them to look into it.

 

[framer]

That was in the back of my head. It was the issue.

FYI when using the command to install/upgrade on a command line I got it to install looked like it worked until I got to the admin panel where I got the "I need to 777 those two directories note".

I issues a "setenforce 0" command to temp disable SELINUX and everything now updated and work OK.

framer