FileCloud release 21.1 supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. You can upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In this blog post we will address two use case scenarios: Upgrading Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, where the FileCloud server is below 21.1 Upgrading Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, where the FileCloud server […]
FileCloud release 21.1 supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. You can upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In this blog post we will address two use case scenarios:
Prior to running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, we recommend backing up the Filecloud server, as well as /var/www/html and /var/lib/mongodb paths (the chance of deleting these files during the OS upgrade is very high).
The backup paths for the locations listed above are as follows:
Once the backups have been created, the next step is to perform an Ubuntu package update with the following command:
apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt-get autoremove -y sudo reboot do-release-upgrade
Select all the default options when prompted. Toward the end of the upgrade, you will be prompted to restart.
After the upgrade is complete, certain packages will need to be reinstalled, as they will have been removed by the upgrade process. To reinstall Apache and php, please follow the steps below:
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2 -y apt-get install unzip curl rsync python -y apt-get install apache2 build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config memcached -y apt-get install php7.2 php7.2-cli php7.2-common php7.2-dev php-pear php-dev php-zmq php7.2-zmq php7.2-json php7.2-opcache php7.2-mbstring php7.2-zip php7.2-memcache php7.2-xml php7.2-bcmath libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-gd php7.2-curl php7.2-ldap php7.2-gmp php7.2-intl libreadline-dev php-pecl-http memcached php7.2-raphf php7.2-propro php7.2-mongodb php7.2-zmq -y a2enmod php7.2 a2enmod headers a2enmod ssl apt-get -y install libmcrypt-dev cat <(echo "") | pecl install mcrypt-1.0.2 2>&1 service apache2 status //Get all the files from the backup, because the OS Ubuntu upgrade from v16 to v18 removed files: rsync -avz /var/www/html_backup/ /var/www/html/ chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html -Rf
If the FileCloud version is greater than or equal to 20.2, run the command below:
echo "*/5 * * * * php / /var/www/html/src/Scripts/cron.php" | crontab -u www-data –
If the FileCloud version is less than 20.2, run this command below:
echo "*/5 * * * * php /var/www/html/core/framework/cron.php" | crontab -u www-data –
If the above cronjob command fails, please follow the below method to perform cronjob troubleshooting and then run the command:
Check if /etc/cron.allow ; if www-data is present: vim /etc/cron.allow // Add “www-data” if not present. crontab -e -u www-data // Make sure that the crontab editor pulls up if it does it will work. exit editor. crontab -u www-data -l
To set up the PHP CLI, input the following command:
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.2 sudo update-alternatives --set phar /usr/bin/phar7.2 sudo update-alternatives --set phar.phar /usr/bin/phar.phar7.2 sudo update-alternatives --set phpize /usr/bin/phpize7.2 sudo update-alternatives --set php-config /usr/bin/php-config7.2
Run the below command:
php -v // Make sure it shows the version to make sure it is working. php -m // Make sure it shows the modules to make sure it is working.
The expected output should be:
php -v PHP 7.2.34-23+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (cli) (built: Jul 1 2021 16:06:47) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured) v10.3.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2018, by ionCube Ltd. with Zend OPcache v7.2.34-23+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies php -m [PHP Modules] bcmath calendar Core ctype curl date dom exif fileinfo filter tp gd gettext gmp hash iconv intl ionCube Loader json ldap libxml mbstring mcrypt memcache mongodb openssl pcntl pcre PDO Phar posix propro raphf readline Reflection session shmop SimpleXML sockets sodium SPL standard sysvmsg sysvsem sysvshm tokenizer wddx xml xmlreader xmlwriter xsl Zend OPcache zip zlib zmq [Zend Modules] Zend OPcache the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured)
Once FileCloud is running and confirmed, you can run the FileCloud server upgrade with the below command:
filecloudcp -u
If the above command doesn’t work, use the command below:
wget http://patch.codelathe.com/tonidocloud/live/installer/filecloud-liu.sh && bash filecloud-liu.sh
To upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, we recommend stopping services first.
You can use the commands below to upgrade to 20.04 LTS:
apt update -y apt-get update -y apt-get upgrade -y apt --purge autoremove reboot //Takes the backup of HTML folder cp -rvf /var/www/html /var/www/html_new_backup //Performs MongodDB backup mongodump --out /root/db-dumps apt install update-manager-core -y service apache2 stop service mongod stop service fcorchestrator stop service fcdocconverter stop service solr stop do-release-upgrade a) Enter 'Yes' - (Pink screen) For restart services
Once the upgrade is complete, run post-upgrade commands detailed below:
Check lsb_release -sc //should be "focal" LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2 -y sudo apt-get update -y sudo apt-get install unzip curl rsync python -y sudo apt-get install apache2 build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config memcached apt-transport-https language-pack-en -y sudo apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-dev php-pear -y apt-get install php7.4-json php7.4-opcache php7.4-mbstring php7.4-zip php7.4-memcache php7.4-xml php7.4-bcmath libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-gd php7.4-curl php7.4-ldap php7.4-gmp php7.4-mongodb php7.4-intl php7.4-mongodb libreadline-dev php-pecl-http php7.4-raphf libxml2-dev -y sudo a2dismod php7.2 sudo a2enmod php7.4 a2enmod headers a2enmod ssl service apache2 restart sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.4 sudo update-alternatives --set phar /usr/bin/phar7.4 sudo update-alternatives --set phar.phar /usr/bin/phar.phar7.4 sudo update-alternatives --set phpize /usr/bin/phpize7.4 sudo update-alternatives --set php-config /usr/bin/php-config7.4
After running post-upgrade commands, you can perform post-upgrade checks.
Check 1
php -v //run this command only if multiple xml.ini exist rm -rf /etc/php/7.4/cli/conf.d/20-xml.ini //run this command only if multiple sysvshm.ini exist rm -rf /etc/php/7.4/cli/conf.d/sysvshm.ini apt-get install php7.4-propro -y curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash - apt update -y apt install -y nodejs
Check 2
cd /var/www/html ls -al mongo // mongo shell opens okay. Reboot
Upgrading the Ubuntu OS ensures the FileCloud server can perform even better than before! The FileCloud support team is also available to provide assistance or answer questions.
Article written by Nandakumar Chitrasuresh
