// $Id$ INTRODUCTION ------------ This document describes how to: * Update your Drupal site from one minor 7.x version to another minor 7.x version; for example, from 7.9 to 7.10. * Upgrade your Drupal site's major version from 6.x to 7.x. First steps and definitions: * If you are upgrading to Drupal version x.y, then x is known as the major version number, and y is known as the minor version number. The download file will be named drupal-x.y.tar.gz. * The "Don't hack core" principle is respected. If you modified core files outside of the 'sites' directory, see http://drupal.org/node/144376. * All directories mentioned in this document are always relative to the directory of your Drupal installation. * Make a full backup of all files, directories, and your database(s) before starting. Instructions may be found at http://drupal.org/upgrade/backing-up-the-db UPGRADE PROBLEMS ---------------- If you encounter errors during this process, * Note any error messages you see. * Restore your site to its previous state, using the file and database backups you created before you started the upgrade process. Do not attempt to do further upgrades on a site that had update problems. * Consult one of the support options listed on http://drupal.org/support. More in-depth information on upgrading can be found at http://drupal.org/upgrade MINOR VERSION UPDATES --------------------- To update from one minor 7.x version of Drupal to another 7.x version, after following the instructions in the INTRODUCTION section at the top of this file: 1. Log in as a user with the permission "Administer software updates". IMPORTANT! Do not close your browser until the final step is complete. 2. Go to Administer » Configuration » Development » Maintenance mode. Enable the "Put site into maintenance mode" checkbox and save the configuration. 3. Remove all old core files and directories, EXCEPT for the 'sites' directory and any custom files you added elsewhere. If you made modifications to files like .htaccess or robots.txt, you will need to re-apply them from your backup, after the new files are in place. 4. Download the latest Drupal 7.x release from http://drupal.org to a directory outside of your web root. Extract the archive and copy the files into your Drupal directory. On a typical Unix/Linux command line, use the following commands to download and extract: wget http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.y.tar.gz tar -zxvf drupal-x.y.tar.gz This creates a new directory drupal-x.y/ containing all Drupal files and directories. Copy the files into your Drupal installation directory: cp -R drupal-x.y/* drupal-x.y/.htaccess /path/to/your/installation If you do not have command line access to your server, download the archive from http://drupal.org using your web browser, extract it, and then use an FTP client to upload the files to your web root. 5. Re-apply any modifications to files such as .htaccess or robots.txt. 6. Run update.php by visiting http://www.example.com/update.php (replace www.example.com with your domain name). This will update the core database tables. If you are unable to access update.php do the following: - Open settings.php with a text editor. - There is a line that says: $update_free_access = FALSE; - Change it into: $update_free_access = TRUE; - Once the upgrade is done, $update_free_access must be reverted to FALSE. 7. Go to Administration » Reports » Status report. Verify that everything is is working as expected. 8. Ensure that $update_free_access is FALSE in settings.php. 9. Go to Administration » Configuration » Development » Maintenance mode. Disable the "Put site into maintenance mode" checkbox and save the configuration. MAJOR VERSION UPGRADE --------------------- To upgrade from a previous major version of Drupal to Drupal 7.x, after following the instructions in the INTRODUCTION section at the top of this file: 1. Update to the latest available version of Drupal 6.x. If your current version is Drupal 5.x, you have to upgrade to 6.x first. Download Drupal 6.x and follow the instructions in UPGRADE.txt instead. This document only applies for upgrades from 6.x to 7.x. 2. Check the availability of your modules and themes for Drupal 7.x. See http://drupal.org/node/948216 3. Log in as user ID 1 (the site maintenance user). 4. Go to Administer » Site configuration » Site maintenance. Select "Off-line" and save the configuration. 5. Go to Administer » Site building » Themes. Enable "Garland" and select it as default theme. 6. Go to Administer » Site building » Modules. Disable all modules that are not listed under "Core - required" or "Core - optional". It is possible that some modules cannot be disabled, because others depend on them. Repeat this step until all non-core modules are disabled. In case you already know that you will not re-enable some modules for Drupal 7.x and you no longer need their data, then you can uninstall them under the Uninstall tab afterwards. See http://drupal.org/node/895314 for a list of modules whose functionality has been moved into core for Drupal 7.x. 7. On the command line or in your FTP client, remove the file sites/default/default.settings.php 8. Remove all old core files and directories, EXCEPT for the 'sites' directory and any custom files you added elsewhere. If you made modifications to files like .htaccess or robots.txt, you will need to re-apply them from your backup, after the new files are in place. 9. If you uninstalled any modules, remove them from the sites/all/modules and other sites/*/modules directories. Leave other modules in place, even though they are incompatible with Drupal 7.x. 10. Download the latest Drupal 7.x release from http://drupal.org to a directory outside of your web root. Extract the archive and copy the files into your Drupal directory. On a typical Unix/Linux command line, use the following commands to download and extract: wget http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.y.tar.gz tar -zxvf drupal-x.y.tar.gz This creates a new directory drupal-x.y/ containing all Drupal files and directories. Copy the files into your Drupal installation directory: cp -R drupal-x.y/* drupal-x.y/.htaccess /path/to/your/installation If you do not have command line access to your server, download the archive from http://drupal.org using your web browser, extract it, and then use an FTP client to upload the files to your web root. 11. Re-apply any modifications to files such as .htaccess or robots.txt. 12. Make your settings.php file writeable, so that the update process can convert it to the format of Drupal 7.x. settings.php is usually located in sites/default/settings.php 13. Run update.php by visiting http://www.example.com/update.php (replace www.example.com with your domain name). This will update the core database tables. If you are unable to access update.php do the following: - Open settings.php with a text editor. - There is a line that says: $update_free_access = FALSE; - Change it into: $update_free_access = TRUE; - Once the upgrade is done, $update_free_access must be reverted to FALSE. 14. Backup your database after the core upgrade has run. 15. Replace your non-core modules, following this procedure: - Check your notes for any special upgrade instructions. - Entirely delete the old module directory in sites/all/modules/. - Download, extract, and move the new module directory to sites/all/modules/. 16. Go to Administration » Modules. Re-enable your non-core modules. 17. Re-run update.php. 18. If applicable, return the site to its original theme following the same procedure as in 15., but putting the theme in sites/all/themes/. 19. Go to Administration » Reports » Status report. Verify that everything is is working as expected. 20. Ensure that $update_free_access is FALSE in settings.php. 21. Go to Administration » Configuration » Development » Maintenance mode. Disable the "Put site into maintenance mode" checkbox and save the configuration. To get started with Drupal 7 administration, visit http://drupal.org/getting-started/7/admin