Upgrade NodeBB version 3.1.3 to latest version 3.8.3 ?

[vijay kumavat]

Hi

I want to upgrade NodeBB version 3.1.3 to latest version 3.8.3 ?

but I have some questions :-

1. I did a lot of modification in theme file as well as in some files outside theme should be remain same ?

2. Also add some custom plugins . will support with latest version ?

3. How to take backup of DB and Files before upgrade ?

4. What is the process to upgrade NodeBB version?

Thanks

[baris]

1. If you modified harmony files in node_modules they would get overwritten by an upgrade, if you made changes in a custom theme they won't get overwritten.

2. You need to check if they work on 3.8.3, biggest change was in 3.2.0 which redegisned the entire ACP styles.

3. If you are using mongodb mongodump --db <db_name> and backup your public/uploads folder.

4. If you were on master branch

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

If you want to upgrade to 3.8.3, checkout that tag. https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/upgrade/