Upgrade for pre release-candidate versions

1. Prepare for upgrade.

Initial steps:

1.1. Open the config/services/system/upgrades.yaml config file.

1.2. Add a tmp entry to the toKeep section.

It should look like this:

parameters:
  upgrades:
    toKeep:
      - 'cache'
      - 'extensions'
      - 'public/extensions'
      - 'public/legacy/modules'
      - 'public/legacy/custom'
      - 'public/legacy/cache'
      - 'public/legacy/upload'
      - 'public/legacy/Api/V8/OAuth2/private.key'
      - 'public/legacy/Api/V8/OAuth2/public.key'
      - 'public/legacy/config.php'
      - 'public/legacy/config_override.php'
      - 'public/legacy/config_si.php'
      - 'public/legacy/suitecrm.log'
      - 'public/legacy/install.log'
      - 'logs'
      - '.env.local'
      - '.env.local.php'
      - 'tmp'
    toExpand:

    ...

1.3. Run:

  • For dev mode run:

composer install

  • For prod mode run:

composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader

2. Download the RC package

2.1. Create the following folder on you current instance:

  • <your-suitecrm-8-root-folder>/tmp/package/upgrade

2.2. Download the SuiteCRM 8 RC pre-built / installable package

2.3. Place the package on the <your-suitecrm-8-root-folder>/tmp/package/upgrade folder

3. Re-set the correct permissions.

4. Run the upgrade command

4.1. On your SuiteCRM 8 instance root run: ./bin/console suitecrm:app:upgrade -t "<version>", where <version> is the name on the SuiteCRM 8 package you’ve downloaded, i.e. SuiteCRM-8.0.0-rc:

./bin/console suitecrm:app:upgrade -t SuiteCRM-8.0.0-rc

4.2. Re-set the correct permissions.

5. Open your instance

If all the above steps went as expected, you should now be able to login into your instance.

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