Upgrading Moodle from 3.4 to 3.7 on a windows 2016 server

howard_risor 2019-10-03 19:50:57 UTC #1

Keywords: Moodle - Windows - How to - Upgrade
Description:
I am new to Moodle, more like handed over from another admin with no documentation. I am being asked to upgrade moodle from 3.4 to 3.7. I am looking for some good documentation or help. All information I have found is referring to linux upgrades. Has anyone here upgraded a Moodle from 3.4 to 3.7 on a Windows 2016 and can give me some documentation or help on how to step by step? Thanks

michiel 2019-10-04 06:32:12 UTC #2

Hi @howard_risor,

The following guide explains how to upgrade Moodle . Could you check if it works for you?

Please, click on if you think my answer was helpful

howard_risor 2019-10-07 15:16:22 UTC #3

Hey Michiel, I had looked over that documentation before but was not much help. I have tried many different ways to upgrade Moodle from 3.4 to 3.7 and watched many videos, most was for Linux, some said it was for Windows as well, but none of them was any help and did not look anything like what I was getting when I tried. I even did a install of 3.7 and moved the files that was described in the documentation you mentioned above, and still did not work. So I am lost.

miguelaeh 2019-10-08 07:31:13 UTC #4

Hi @howard_risor,

We are going to explain you the steps more in detail.
1. Make a back-up of your current installation (3.4) to avoid recover in case of any issues appear. https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/apps/moodle/administration/backup-restore/#backup-on-windows
2. Move your htdocs folder from installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs/ to installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs.backup.
3. Download the latest moodle version: https://download.moodle.org/download.php/stable37/moodle-latest-37.tgz
4. Create again the installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs/ folder empty and uncompress the previous tarball there.
5. Copy your previous configuration files, themes and modules to the new folder:

From installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs.backup/config.php to installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs/
From installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs.backup/theme/MY_THEME to installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs/theme/
From installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs.backup/mod/MY_MOD to installdir/apps/moodle/htdocs/mod/

Feel free to contact us if you have any doubts.

howard_risor 2019-10-08 15:46:12 UTC #5

I am updating a Windows server, tgz files are for Unix or Linx. Also what are the steps after I copy my config files? That is where I am getting stuck.

miguelaeh 2019-10-09 07:22:47 UTC #6

Hi @howard_risor,
You can download the same file as a .zip.

Apart from that, once you copy your configurations files just restart the services.
https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/faq/windows-faq/administration/control-services-windows/

howard_risor 2019-10-18 19:03:36 UTC #7

Yeah I had followed those steps and still not successful. That is more for Linux than WIndows, there seems that there is no straight forward way to do an upgrade for Moodle in a windows server. It also seems that the instructions are alway half of the steps and not all the way through. When I follow the steps you gave me it corrupts the new installation. So are there some config files I need to look for that might need to be changed?

miguelaeh 2019-10-21 14:46:15 UTC #8

Hi @howard_risor,
Did you try with the official way? https://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Upgrading#For_Windows_servers

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