OX6:UpdatingOXPackages
Updating Open-Xchange Server packages
This article describes how to update Open-Xchange Server packages from one service pack to another.
How to get updates?
Open-Xchange Server 6 updates can be accessed by customers with a valid license for
- OX SE
- OX HE
Have a look at the article: How to create an OXAccount and unlock Keys within the License Database for more information about how to create an account in the LDB.
In addition, you need to configure the OXReportClient.
Please note: That the update to v6.22 is only supported from an installed version 6.20.7 or later. If you have an earlier version of Open-Xchange Server 6 installed, please update to the latest release of v6.20 before attempting an update to v6.22.
Updating Open-Xchange Server Packages 6.20.x
Installing Updates
A new service pack usually introduces new packages and requires configuration changes. To get all required new packages and configuration changes, the following must be done when installing updates.
On Debian based distributions
Add the following entry to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/updates/DebianSqueeze/
Then run
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
If you want to see, what apt-get is going to do without actually doing it, you can run:
$ apt-get dist-upgrade -s
After the new packages are installed, the groupware and admin process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-groupware restart $ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-admin restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
On RPM based distributions
RHEL6/CentOS6
Add the following entry to /etc/yum.repos.d/ox.repo:
[ox-updates] name=Open-Xchange Updates baseurl=http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/updates/RHEL6/ gpgkey=http://software.open-xchange.com/oxbuildkey.pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 metadata_expire=0m
and run
$ yum update
$ yum upgrade
After the new packages are installed, the groupware and admin process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-groupware restart $ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-admin restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
RHEL5/CentOS5
Add the following entry to /etc/yum.repos.d/ox.repo:
[ox-updates] name=Open-Xchange Updates baseurl=http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/updates/RHEL5/ gpgkey=http://software.open-xchange.com/oxbuildkey.pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 metadata_expire=0m
and run
$ yum update
$ yum upgrade
After the new packages are installed, the groupware and admin process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-groupware restart $ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-admin restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
SLES11
Add the updates repository to the repository list:
$ zypper ar http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/updates/SLES11/ OXUPDATES
and run
$ zypper dup -r OXUPDATES
You might need to run
$ zypper ref
to update the repository metadata before running zypper up.
After the new packages are installed, the groupware and admin process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-groupware restart $ /etc/init.d/open-xchange-admin restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
Updating Open-Xchange Server Packages 6.22
Installing Updates
A new service pack usually introduces new packages and requires configuration changes. To get all required new packages and configuration changes, the following must be done when installing updates.
On Debian based distributions
Add the following entry to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/backend/DebianSqueeze/ deb http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/frontend/DebianSqueeze/
Then run
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
If you want to see, what apt-get is going to do without actually doing it, you can run:
$ apt-get dist-upgrade -s
After the new packages are installed, the server process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
On RPM based distributions
RHEL6/CentOS6
Add the following entry to /etc/yum.repos.d/ox.repo:
[ox-updates-backend] name=Open-Xchange Updates baseurl=http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/backend/RHEL6/ gpgkey=http://software.open-xchange.com/oxbuildkey.pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 metadata_expire=0m [ox-updates-frontend] name=Open-Xchange Updates baseurl=http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/frontend/RHEL6/ gpgkey=http://software.open-xchange.com/oxbuildkey.pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 metadata_expire=0m
and run
$ yum update
$ yum upgrade
After the new packages are installed, the server process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
RHEL5/CentOS5
Add the following entry to /etc/yum.repos.d/ox.repo:
[ox-updates-backend] name=Open-Xchange Updates baseurl=http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/backend/RHEL5/ gpgkey=http://software.open-xchange.com/oxbuildkey.pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 metadata_expire=0m [ox-updates-frontend] name=Open-Xchange Updates baseurl=http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/frontend/RHEL5/ gpgkey=http://software.open-xchange.com/oxbuildkey.pub enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 metadata_expire=0m
and run
$ yum update
$ yum upgrade
After the new packages are installed, the server process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.
SLES11
Add the updates repository to the repository list:
$ zypper ar http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/backend/SLES11/ UPDATESBACKEND $ zypper ar http://LDBACCOUNT:LDBPASSWORD@software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.22/updates/frontend/SLES11/ UPDATESFRONTEND
and run
$ zypper dup -r UPDATESBACKEND $ zypper dup -r UPDATESFRONTEND
You might need to run
$ zypper ref
to update the repository metadata before running zypper up.
After the new packages are installed, the server process needs a restart:
$ /etc/init.d/open-xchange restart
NOTE: Please take care, that you do not restart Open-Xchange during the process where it updates it's database. A database update can happen after installing minor or major updates. As soon as the first user tries to log in to the system or if any provisioning action is done, this update starts.