upgrading from 1.8.8.4 to 1.9

[sspicer]

Hi,

I followed the upgrade instructions by copying the new files over the old. ran setup. selected update. but the installation sticks on the last page saying 'please wait'.
any ideas?

Sam

[jand]

Idea: Start with a new install of 1.9 and copy course data.

[sspicer]

hi Jand,

thanks for the reply. just tried this and it now installs and advises it has installed correctly. but then upon trying to view the main page it loads a webpage with a 'unexpected server error'.
i can post screen shots if this would help?

[fjandrade]

I have had a lot of problems doing the upgrade.
In the directory $CHAMILOHOME/main/install there's an error_log archive that you should read carefully.

First of all I got a version problem with php, chamilo 1.9 needs php 5.3; then there was a module issue for a misconfiguration on the server over a php.ini archive and now I got problems with editing the courses so mi guess is that my migration isn't successful still.

[athenasoft]

Also having issues upgrading from 1.8.8.4 to 1.9.0. I followed the instructions and I checked all prerequisites are OK. The new version is unusable after the upgrade.

Anybody does have a proven solution. yet?

Thanks!

[Coursenligne]

Yes!

And already given somewhere else, but I don't remember.

Here is my overcme (not the best, but working!)
-Insatll (new install no upgrade) 1.9.x
-from database, save (export using sql format) the 'user' table from the 1.8
-from database, table 'user' for 1.9.x, remove the 2 accounts (admin and John Doe)
- from database, import 'user' table you just saved in 1.9

At this point you have a brand new 1.9 version tha has ALL the user you had, with their password!

Now you have to export each course (from Maintenance in the course) from 1.8 and import them, then register your trainees.
I know it's not as easy as upgrading the 1.8, but it's efficient

Good luck

[athenasoft]

Hi Coursenligne,

Thank you for taking the time to rewrite that.

However, I thing for me that solution is not a practical one. For one thing, all the customizations in the configurations will be lost and need to be redone. And for another thing, I'd have 53 courses to deal with... That is a ton of work!!

Now I wonder if the Chamilo developers team will come up with an upgrade from 1.8.8.4 that works. Maybe for the next 1.9 release? When would that be?

Thanks!

[Coursenligne]

Next 1.9 should be very soon

Then, for upgrade, I really don't know, I did the overcome I mentionned because I couldn't get the upgrade working as I wished. I however didn't spend a long time for this....

Sorry I would have been pleased to give you a very easy and handy way to do this, I bet development team would have a look on it as they know some 1.8 platform are under production

[athenasoft]

I'm in the process of following your recipe. I decided to give it a try!

First issue I encountered is the default encryption in 1.9 is sha1 while in 1.8 was md5, so you must make sure you pick md5 when installing 1.9, so the recovered passwords in the users table match.

As for your comment about *some* Chamilo 1.8 being in production, my understanding is *most* Chamilos out there in production are 1.8! So I really don't understand how come there is not an automatic, working upgrade.

Thanks!

[Coursenligne]

For password recovery, I didn't mention it but this is true you have to have the same encryption. I do always use the same, that's the habit issue.. Sorry!

For upgrade, I didn't take the whole time to test and, as I couldn't do it easily (due to my specific environment), I did my overcome.

Why is not so simple the migration from 1.8 to 1.9 ? Indeed 1.8 works on multi-database way (even if you choosed to install it as mono-base), 1.9 is a true mono-base platform.

The SQL version can be different (even if not the case), meaning 1.8 could use some way to manage the database that is not done the same way due to newer SQL revision.

I think we could write a lot of pages about the differences that could explain why it's tricky to migrate from one system to the other, the most important one is the encryption method you are using

I found an acceptable overcome, the good news is that from 1.9.0, it's VERY easy to upgrade into 1.9.2. I hope 1.10 revision will be as well

[sspicer]

Hi,

I followed the upgrade instructions by copying the new files over the old. ran setup. selected update. but the installation sticks on the last page saying 'please wait'.
any ideas?

Sam

[jand]

Idea: Start with a new install of 1.9 and copy course data.

[sspicer]

hi Jand,

thanks for the reply. just tried this and it now installs and advises it has installed correctly. but then upon trying to view the main page it loads a webpage with a 'unexpected server error'.
i can post screen shots if this would help?

[fjandrade]

I have had a lot of problems doing the upgrade.
In the directory $CHAMILOHOME/main/install there's an error_log archive that you should read carefully.

First of all I got a version problem with php, chamilo 1.9 needs php 5.3; then there was a module issue for a misconfiguration on the server over a php.ini archive and now I got problems with editing the courses so mi guess is that my migration isn't successful still.

[athenasoft]

Also having issues upgrading from 1.8.8.4 to 1.9.0. I followed the instructions and I checked all prerequisites are OK. The new version is unusable after the upgrade.

Anybody does have a proven solution. yet?

Thanks!

[Coursenligne]

Yes!

And already given somewhere else, but I don't remember.

Here is my overcme (not the best, but working!)
-Insatll (new install no upgrade) 1.9.x
-from database, save (export using sql format) the 'user' table from the 1.8
-from database, table 'user' for 1.9.x, remove the 2 accounts (admin and John Doe)
- from database, import 'user' table you just saved in 1.9

At this point you have a brand new 1.9 version tha has ALL the user you had, with their password!

Now you have to export each course (from Maintenance in the course) from 1.8 and import them, then register your trainees.
I know it's not as easy as upgrading the 1.8, but it's efficient

Good luck

[athenasoft]

Hi Coursenligne,

Thank you for taking the time to rewrite that.

However, I thing for me that solution is not a practical one. For one thing, all the customizations in the configurations will be lost and need to be redone. And for another thing, I'd have 53 courses to deal with... That is a ton of work!!

Now I wonder if the Chamilo developers team will come up with an upgrade from 1.8.8.4 that works. Maybe for the next 1.9 release? When would that be?

Thanks!

[Coursenligne]

Next 1.9 should be very soon

Then, for upgrade, I really don't know, I did the overcome I mentionned because I couldn't get the upgrade working as I wished. I however didn't spend a long time for this....

Sorry I would have been pleased to give you a very easy and handy way to do this, I bet development team would have a look on it as they know some 1.8 platform are under production

[athenasoft]

I'm in the process of following your recipe. I decided to give it a try!

First issue I encountered is the default encryption in 1.9 is sha1 while in 1.8 was md5, so you must make sure you pick md5 when installing 1.9, so the recovered passwords in the users table match.

As for your comment about *some* Chamilo 1.8 being in production, my understanding is *most* Chamilos out there in production are 1.8! So I really don't understand how come there is not an automatic, working upgrade.

Thanks!

[Coursenligne]

For password recovery, I didn't mention it but this is true you have to have the same encryption. I do always use the same, that's the habit issue.. Sorry!

For upgrade, I didn't take the whole time to test and, as I couldn't do it easily (due to my specific environment), I did my overcome.

Why is not so simple the migration from 1.8 to 1.9 ? Indeed 1.8 works on multi-database way (even if you choosed to install it as mono-base), 1.9 is a true mono-base platform.

The SQL version can be different (even if not the case), meaning 1.8 could use some way to manage the database that is not done the same way due to newer SQL revision.

I think we could write a lot of pages about the differences that could explain why it's tricky to migrate from one system to the other, the most important one is the encryption method you are using

I found an acceptable overcome, the good news is that from 1.9.0, it's VERY easy to upgrade into 1.9.2. I hope 1.10 revision will be as well