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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch
      last edited by JaredBusch

      The built in Nextcloud GUI updater works decent. But even their documentation says to use the CLI updater for larger installs to prevent timeout issues.

      Since version 15 finally was available in the stable channel a while back I made a guide while I was performing the update.

      For the purposes of this guide, we are going to assume that you are running Nextcloud version 12+ and you are running it on Fedora.

      Log in to the command line and switch to the root user

      sudo su -

      Disable SELinux temporarily

      setenforce 0

      Change to the Nextcloud directory appropriate to the install

      # default location
cd /var/www/html/nextcloud

      Put Nextcloud in maintenance mode

      sudo -u apache php occ maintenance:mode --on

      Make a snapshot of your VM

      I always make the snapshot at this point because once it is in maintenance mode, no new changes will be accepted.
      So if things go to hell and you need to revert, there will be no conflict files.

      Run the updater.

      sudo -u apache php updater/updater.phar

      It will display this for an update

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      Answer yes and it will perform the update.

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      Tell it no when asked to run the occ upgrade command.

      I have had issue with answering yes this step in the past and just never let tit do it anymore. Someday, when I have free time, I will test this out again.
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      Run the occ upgrade command.

      sudo -u apache php occ upgrade

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      Turn maintenance mode back off.

      sudo -u apache php occ maintenance:mode --off

      Turn SELinux back on.

      setenforce 1

      Exit from the root user.

      exit

      Verify the update is successfully reflected in the web interface

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      Perform any follow up tasks now listed in the warnings section.

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      • black3dynamiteB
        black3dynamite
        last edited by

        @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

        Make a snapshot of your VM
        I always make the snapshot at this point because once it is in maintenance mode, no new changes will be accepted.
        So if things go to hell and you need to revert, there will be no conflict files.

        Do you create a snapshot while the VM is powered on or off before upgrading Nextcloud?

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre
          last edited by

          I can't speak for @JaredBusch , but I usually take mine with the VM powered on.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @black3dynamite
            last edited by

            @black3dynamite said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

            @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

            Make a snapshot of your VM
            I always make the snapshot at this point because once it is in maintenance mode, no new changes will be accepted.
            So if things go to hell and you need to revert, there will be no conflict files.

            Do you create a snapshot while the VM is powered on or off before upgrading Nextcloud?

            Generally powered on. If it is a super critical need, I will shut it down.

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            • pmonchoP
              pmoncho @JaredBusch
              last edited by

              @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

              @black3dynamite said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

              @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

              Make a snapshot of your VM
              I always make the snapshot at this point because once it is in maintenance mode, no new changes will be accepted.
              So if things go to hell and you need to revert, there will be no conflict files.

              Do you create a snapshot while the VM is powered on or off before upgrading Nextcloud?

              Generally powered on. If it is a super critical need, I will shut it down.

              Do you snapshot the memory too?

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @pmoncho
                last edited by

                @pmoncho said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                @black3dynamite said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                Make a snapshot of your VM
                I always make the snapshot at this point because once it is in maintenance mode, no new changes will be accepted.
                So if things go to hell and you need to revert, there will be no conflict files.

                Do you create a snapshot while the VM is powered on or off before upgrading Nextcloud?

                Generally powered on. If it is a super critical need, I will shut it down.

                Do you snapshot the memory too?

                Why do you people always over complicate things?

                You pop your host and click make snapshot. Done.

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                • B
                  bnrstnr
                  last edited by

                  @JaredBusch Do you turn off SELinux as a precaution or do you actively have problems while trying to update with it on?

                  I'm curious because I followed your install guide and I've never turned it off to update and haven't had problems yet.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @bnrstnr
                    last edited by

                    @bnrstnr said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                    @JaredBusch Do you turn off SELinux as a precaution or do you actively have problems while trying to update with it on?

                    I'm curious because I followed your install guide and I've never turned it off to update and haven't had problems yet.

                    If you followed my guide, most of the folders do not have HTTPD_RW. I tried without turning it off on the last 14.x to 14.x update and it failed on the precheck for write permissions.

                    If you change the entire folder to HTTPD_RW it will work without disabling things.

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                      bnrstnr @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                      If you change the entire folder to HTTPD_RW it will work without disabling things.

                      Ah yeah, probably this. SELinux is a complete mystery to me :man_shrugging:

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @bnrstnr
                        last edited by JaredBusch

                        @bnrstnr said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                        @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI:

                        If you change the entire folder to HTTPD_RW it will work without disabling things.

                        Ah yeah, probably this. SELinux is a complete mystery to me :man_shrugging:

                        ls -lashZ /var/www/html Will show you the context on your Nextcloud folder. Technically, just the Z is for the context

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