Need help setting up test environment prior to update to beta 8

damse

So, I'm running a small flarum instance and I want to update it in the near future.

As I have quite a few things I need to change, I'm setting up a VPS to replicate the conditions and do a "test-drive".

I need some help from the experienced folks around here:

How do I use composer to install beta 7.2? I can only install beta 7 using composer create-project flarum/flarum:0.1.0-beta7 . --stability=beta
I am running MariaDB 5.5. What is the best way to update to flarum beta 8? Update MariaDB first to 10.2 and then update flarum, or the other way around?

All the help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

luceos

damse I am running MariaDB 5.5. What is the best way to update to flarum beta 8? Update MariaDB first to 10.2 and then update flarum, or the other way around?

Install beta 8 straight away. An upgrade of Flarum will complicate things unnecessarily.

Also trying to install 0.1.0-beta.7 with create-project won't do you any good, because the dependencies will load the beta 8 versions.

damse

Anyone?

damse

The whole idea was to replicate the exact conditions of the production server.

I'm gonna have to test a few solutions in order to find wich one works best... It's not easy tough. This is giving me a lot more trouble than I expected! 😀

cheers

Edit: One question tough luceos . How can I restore content from beta 7.2 onto a new beta 8? Just copying storage and assets?

Zeokat

And what about copy your existing flarum instance (files and database) and restore it on the test server.

Then make the proper edits on file config.php and check that everything is working OK.

Finally, try to update to Beta 8 on test server and see what happens.

It's what i plan to do with my Flarum instance before update production forum. I think that should work 😀

Zeokat

damse What i suggested you is just replicate, but i don't understand why you insist on install Beta 7.2 as starting point when you can just backup your old installation and restore on test server. You don't need composer to replicate in my opinion.

luceos

damse The whole idea was to replicate the exact conditions of the production server.

The composer.lock file is the single point of truth for dependencies, you can use that file to run composer install with.

damse Edit: One question tough luceos . How can I restore content from beta 7.2 onto a new beta 8? Just copying storage and assets?

Yes that sums it up, even though some (if not all) folders in storage can be cleared as they're used primarily for cache (views, sessions etc). Make sure the additional folders are created for beta 8.

damse

Zeokat I'm trying your suggestion right now. I always thought that just copying files wouldn't work!

damse

Zeokat This does not work for me.

I imported the DB, moved all the files over and when I try to login, I get a "The requested resource was not found."

Debug tells me that login was not found on the server and throws a 404.

Zeokat

damse Did you make the proper changes into the config.php file as i stated on my previous reply?

damse

Zeokat Ok, I feel stupid... I forgot to enable AllowOverride on the new server.

It's working now.

It was really easy, now lets see how it goes. Thanks