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Note

As for every update process, you have to backup some data before processing any upgrade:

  • backup your database;

  • backup your config directory, especially for your GLPI key files (config/glpi.key, config/glpicrypt.key, config/oauth.pem, config/oauth.pub) which are randomly generated;

  • backup your files directory, it contains users and plugins generated files, like uploaded documents;

  • backup your marketplace and plugins directories.

Here are the steps to update GLPI:

  • Download latest GLPI version.

  • Ensure the target directory is empty and extract files there.

  • Restore the previously backed up config, files, marketplace and plugins directories.

  • Then open the GLPI instance URI in your browser, or (recommended) use the php bin/console db:update command line tool.

Warning

As soon as a new version of GLPI files is detected, you will not be able to use the application until the update process has been done.

Warning

You should not try to restore a database backup on a non empty database (say, a database that has been partially migrated for any reason).

Make sure your database is empty before restoring your backup and try to update, and repeat on fail.

Note

Before GLPI 11.0, all the plugins were disabled during the update process.

Since GLPI 11.0, as soon as a new version of GLPI files is detected, the plugins execution is suspended. Their execution will be resumed after the update only in case of a minor/bugfixes update. Otherwise, you will have to do it manually using the php bin/console plugin:resume_execution command line tool or from the plugins administration page.

Note

You can use the php bin/console db:check command line tool before executing the update command. This will allow you to check the integrity of your database, and to identify changes to your database that could compromise the update.

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