Update an existing OCS Server installation

The process is mainly backup your configuration download the new version of OCS-Server use the setup.sh and restore the backed up configuration.

Note : Since 2.9.2 version, some LDAP configuration fields has been changed. Please, read the documentation Manage authentification with LDAP

Delete existing plugins

If you have plugins installed delete this plugins prior the update otherwise you might have problems with or after re-install them.

Go to the plugin manager and delete them you may also need delete the configuration in :
/etc/ocsinventory-server/plugins

Backup existing configuration

Before you start it´s better to stop the web server that nobody could do changes after you backed up the files.

service apache2 stop

You need to backup the following configuration files:

  1. Apache files:

    • ~/apache2/conf-available/z-ocsinventory-server.conf
    • ~/apache2/conf-available/zz-ocsinventory-restapi.conf
    • ~/apache2/conf-available/ocsinventory-reports.conf

  2. OCS configuration:

    • /usr/share/ocsinventory-reports/ocsreports/dbconfig.inc.php

It´s recommended to create a folder where you store all backed up files :

mkdir /home/backup_ocs

Then copy the files to the backup folder :

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/z-ocsinventory-server.conf
/etc/apache2/conf-available/zz-ocsinventory-restapi.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/ocsinventory-reports.conf /home/backup_ocs/ && cp /usr/share/ocsinventory-reports/ocsreports/dbconfig.inc.php /home/backup_ocs/

If your scared about losing data then better backup your database, but theoretical this is not necessary.

mysqldump -u ocs -p --all-databases > /home/backup_ocs/ocsdbbackup.sql

Take note of the AUTH_TYPE value in the /usr/share/ocsinventory-reports/ocsreports/var.php file. If different from 'LOCAL', you will have to edit the file after the update to restore the value.

Update the existing installation

Download the last release of OCS from the Website or here from github.
Unpack it :

tar –xvzf OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER-2.x.x.tar.gz
cd OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER-2.x.x

Run “setup.sh” installer. During the installer, default choice is presented between []. For example, [y]/n means that “y” (yes) is the default choice, and “n” (no) is the other choice.

sh setup.sh

Note: Installer writes a log file “ocs_server_setup.log” in the same directory. If you encounter any error, please refer to this log for detailed error message.

Restore backed up configuration and start

Restore the backed up files from above 

cd /home/backup_ocs
cp ocsinventory-reports.conf z-ocsinventory-server.conf zz-ocsinventory-restapi.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/ && cp dbconfig.inc.php /usr/share/ocsinventory-reports/ocsreports/

Don´t forget to delete the install.php in the install dir

rm /usr/share/ocsinventory-reports/ocsreports/install.php

Start apache webserver

service apache2 start

Sometimes it's required to update the database via the webconsole, simply click update on the webconsole.