Update - Server
This documents outlines the update process of the server-side code.
cPanel
To update the script on cPanel, we have made an easy to follow video available in our YouTube channel on https://bit.ly/muly-cpanel-update link.
If you are using cPanel, you can follow below steps to safely update server side code.
- 1.Create a
backupfolder outside your installation e.g., in/home/xxx. - 2.Move
.envfile andstoragefolder into thebackupfolder. - 3.Delete rest files inside your installation and cleanup.
- 4.Upload new contents of
serverfolder from update archive into your installation folder. - 5.Delete the default
storagefolder and.envfile from newly uploaded update. - 6.Restore original
.envfile andstoragefrombackupinto your installation. - 7.Run below commands (using Terminal in cPanel) inside your installation folder to update database and cache:1php artisan config:cache2php artisan migrate3php artisan storage:linkCopied!
LAMP or LEMP
Firstly, create a ZIP archive of the contents of server folder (excluding the parent folder itself). Then upload the created archive to your server using below command:
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scp server.zip [email protected]:/var/www/update.zip
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Then SSH into the server and apply the update as follows:
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# change to folder which contains update.zip
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cd /var/www
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# delete any previous update residuals
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rm -rf old
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# extract updates.zip to "updated" folder and prepare
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unzip update.zip -d updated
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rm updated/.env
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cat html/.env > updated/.env
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cd updated
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php artisan config:cache
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php artisan migrate
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# change back to original folder
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cd /var/www
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# stop supervisor (if using background job queue)
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sudo systemctl stop supervisor
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# restore original "storage" folder and swap live code
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rm -rf updated/storage
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mv html/storage updated/storage
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mv html old
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mv updated html
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cd html
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php artisan config:cache
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php artisan storage:link
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# fix permissions on new files
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chown -R www-data:www-data bootstrap/cache storage .env
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chmod -R 755 bootstrap/cache storage
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chmod -R 664 .env
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# start supervisor again (if using background job queue)
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sudo systemctl start supervisor
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