How to upgrade from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2

meetdilip

I see this message on dash board. But has no idea how it works. Please tell me how to do it.

HolyPhoenix

Here is the guide https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/wiki/Upgrading-NodeBB

Since I don't actually have a community started and just have nodebb running on my server to show off currently I don't worry about the backups. I just type in:

./nodebb stop
git pull
./nodebb upgrade
./nodebb start

meetdilip

Thanks @HolyPhoenix . I would be needing backup as well as my site is currently getting visitors.

meetdilip

@julian @psychobunny

Will it affect my plugin ? I have got a backup, but still does not want to ruin a properly running board or features go missing. Should I wait for some time ?

a_5mith

@meetdilip All plugins will work fine if they work for 0.4.1.

kimikelku

Good thing i made a backup before trying to update, i just did ./nodebb stop then ./nodebb upgrade and messed up the site, gave me a heart attack, doing this and successfully updated, Thanks.
All my plugins are working properly with the new version.

Scuzz

It's always recommend to backup, I found out the hard way even though I'm technically minded enough to know I should be backing up regularly. I didn't and I lost a months worth of data.

psychobunny

In general plugins should be compatible within a minor version (ex. 0.4 to 0.5), at least from now on We are doing deprecation notices so you will know in advanced what plugins will break when you upgrade.