Hello,
we have an old installation (v3.2.8) on windowsserver. What is the best way to upgrade to the newest V4.
Is there any manual how to migrate from windows to linux or is it better to stay on windows.
thanks
Hello and welcome to the BlueSpice community forums!
I recommend installing BlueSpice 4.5 using the new “container stack” with docker. You can find instructions here: Setup:Installation Guide/Docker - BlueSpice Helpdesk
Unfortunately, there is no update guide from V3 to the latest V4 release.
As V3 was based on MediaWiki 1.31 and V4.5 is using MediaWiki 1.39, you may need to update your database first with a MediaWiki 1.35 installation. Learn more about it here: Manual:Upgrading - MediaWiki
You can do that without a full fledged BlueSpice. Having a vanilla MediaWiki 1.35 codebase should be enough.
After this first step, you should first do a fresh installation on your target server. Linux is clearly recommended.
Once the wiki is set up properly, you should import the BlueSpice V3 database and override the freshly created one.
Then copy the directories extensions/BlueSpiceFoundation/config/ and images/ from your old installation into the data/wiki/bluespice/ folder of the new installation.
Finally you can run
./compose/bluespice-deploy exec -it wiki-task php /app/bluespice/w/maintenance/update.php --quick
to update the database.