@PitaJ Thank you!

I followed the steps and after v1.4.0 when I checked back into v1.x.x and ran ./nodebb upgrade I received this error now:

error: Build failed: Unexpected character ''

It seems i only get this on v1.4.4 I reverted back to v1.4.3 and it seems to be fine for now

I am finally able to upgrade an existing project to the latest version of NodeBB however, upon doing so I receive

error: [upgrade] NodeBB upgrade could not complete, as your database schema is too far out of date.
error: [upgrade]   Please ensure that you did not skip any minor version upgrades.
error: [upgrade]   (e.g. v0.1.x directly to v0.3.x)

I expected something like this after not upgrading in forever.

Are there any way of getting up to date? Or am I stuck on v0.9.x? How would I revert back to it?

Thanks!

I'm currently on v0.9.4 and want to update to the latest version (v1.0.4-auto.2 as of this writing)

I'm looking at the docs and it says to use

$ git fetch    # Grab the latest code from the NodeBB Repository
$ git checkout v0.4.x    # Type this as-is! Not v0.4.2 or v0.4.3, but "v0.4.x"!
$ git merge origin/v0.4.x

To go to v1.0.4 would I just replace 0.4.x with v1.0.x? Do I need to prefix any auto-.x as well? I've had bad experiences updating in the past and don't want to mess up the forum right now!

Try npm install ip then upgrade again

I asked a general question to upgrading from a minor branch here a while back: Re: Newbie Upgrade Question From v0.9.0

I am currently on v0.9.4 and was wondering do I need to do anything before hand to upgrade to the latest version of 1.x.x? I noticed v1.0.1 is the latest version as of this writing.

I always seem to have some form of problem whenever I upgrade to a newer version of NodeBB and just want to relieve myself of any worries before I attempt the upgrade.

@qgp9 I am using the same config as you and I'm on v0.9.4 of NodeBB. The email is still not being sent through... Am I missing anything else? (I'm using the test email option that @julianlam suggested)

Edit: I received it after a few minutes of typing this!

Hmm, I've tried using the sandbox domain and it does not seem to be sending any emails. I am simply validating an existing users email again (or is there a better way to generate an email?)

I signed up for Mailgun now that Mandrill is out of the picture.

I am having some troubles configuring the settings however. I have pasted the API key that is provided but, I did not set up my own domain (it gives me the optional option). Do I need to fill in both the API and Domain Name fields inside the NodeBB Mailgun settings? I figured that the API key would automatically link to my forums in the NodeBB ACP is this how it works?

If not, Mailgun gave me a default domain name (something like sandboxbe3b289fa5ac47328cb782919b581a11.mailgun.org) would I just paste that in there? I am not too sure how to switch over to Mailgun from Mandrill.

If we are on v0.9.4 do we just simply follow the docs to upgrade? When updating from v0.9.0 to v0.9.4 I had a few dependencies that were missing and that caused some headaches in the upgrade process. Will this be a seamless upgrade?

Thanks for the info everyone I will take a look at all the recommendations. Just a pain to set everything up again on a new service.