Olle Persson & Connie Hansen
Preparing for the upgrade
1. Take complete backups of your database and
web site files.
2. Download the upgrade package
(do not use the install package for upgrades). We
also recommend not to skip versions as this may
result in errors, we recommend installing each
upgrade package between your version and the one you
are trying to upgrade to.
3. Backup your
favicon.ico file if you have a customized favicon as
this may get overwritten.
4. Create an
"app_offline.htm" file. This is a simple HTML
document that you can place in your DNN root
directory and it will take your website
offline. This serves two purposes; prevent
your users from experiencing any errors as the files
are copying and secondly prevent anyone else from
accidentially triggering your upgrade process. This
file should indicate that the site is under
maintenance.
Configure your
setup
1. Now that your application is
offline (you placed the app_offline.htm file in your
root folder), rename your web.config to
web.config.old. You will need information from this
file so do not discard it. Also make sure you do not
try and use your old web.config as this will not
work.
2. Upload the files from the upgrade
package your downloaded, overwriting any existing
files.
3. Once upload is complete, rename the
release.config to web.config
4. Configure the
new web.config (this step can be accomplished ahead
of time to reduce your downtime)