seafile-docs

Upgrading Seafile Professional Server

This page is for users who use the pre-compiled seafile server package.

If you build seafile server from source, please read the Upgrading Seafile Server section on that page, instead of this one.
After upgrading, you may need to clean seahub cache if it doesn't behave as expect.

Major Continuous Upgrade (like from 1.2.x to 1.3.y)

Continuous upgrade means to upgrade from one version of Seafile server to the next version. For example, upgrading from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 (or upgrading from 1.2.0 to 1.3.1) is a continuous upgrade.

After downloading and extracting the new version, you should have a directory layout similar to this:

haiwen
   -- seafile-server-1.2.0
   -- seafile-server-1.3.0
   -- ccnet
   -- seafile-data

Now upgrade to version 1.3.0.

Shutdown Seafile server if it's running

cd haiwen/seafile-server-1.2.0
./seahub.sh stop
./seafile.sh stop

Run the upgrade script in seafile-server-1.3.0 directory.

cd haiwen/seafile-server-1.3.0
upgrade/upgrade_1.2_1.3_server.sh

Start the new server version as for any upgrade

cd haiwen/seafile-server-1.3.0/
./seafile.sh start
./seahub.sh start

Noncontinuous Upgrade (like from 1.1 to 1.3)

You may also upgrade a few versions at once, e.g. from 1.1.0 to 1.3.0. The procedure is:

upgrade from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0;
upgrade from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0.

Just run the upgrade scripts in sequence. (You don't need to download server package 1.2.0)

Minor upgrade (like from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1)

Minor upgrade is like an upgrade from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1.

Here is our dir strutcutre

haiwen
   -- seafile-server-1.5.0
   -- seafile-server-1.5.1
   -- ccnet
   -- seafile-data

Stop the current server first as for any upgrade

 seafile-server-1.5.0/seahub.sh stop
 seafile-server-1.5.0/seafile.sh stop

For this type of upgrade, you only need to update the avatar link. We provide a script for you, just run it:
```
 cd seafile-server-1.5.1
 upgrade/minor-upgrade.sh
```

Start the new server version as for any upgrade

 cd ..
 seafile-server-1.5.1/seafile.sh start
 seafile-server-1.5.1/seahub.sh start

If the new version works file, the old version can be removed
```
 rm -rf seafile-server-1.5.0
```