Upgrading

This page explains how to upgrade your UnrealIRCd to a newer version.

IMPORTANT: If you are upgrading from UnrealIRCd 5 to 6, then see Upgrading from 5.x.

Automated upgrade (*NIX)

Upgrading from UnrealIRCd 5.0.9 or later to 5.X.X is easy. Simply run: ./unrealircd upgrade

Manual upgrade (*NIX)

You can upgrade form any 5.X.X version to any 5.Y.Y version.

NOTE: If you are upgrading from old unsupport major version, see Upgrading from 4.x or Upgrading from 3.2.x.

1. Backup your existing /home/xxx/unrealircd directory:

   cp -Rav /home/xxx/unrealircd /home/xxx/unrealircd.bak

2. Download and install latest version of UnrealIRCd. See Installing from source and stop before Creating a configuration file.
3. Double check: make sure you ran make install as this will install all new files in /home/xxx/unrealircd.
4. Configuration test to make sure the IRCd will boot later (this will not start the ircd, it will only TEST the configuration!):

   cd /home/xxx/unrealircd
   ./unrealircd configtest

   This should print out:

   Configuration test passed OK

   If you see warnings/errors, fix them and run ./unrealircd configtest again until all issues are fixed.
5. Now you can restart the IRCd so it uses the new version:

   cd /home/xxx/unrealircd
   ./unrealircd restart

Windows

1. Just in case, make a backup of your UnrealIRCd directory (C:\Program Files\UnrealIRCd 5).
2. Surf to https://www.unrealircd.org/ and click Downloads. Pick your branch, download the installer
3. Run the installer
4. Now restart your IRC Server (Stop UnrealIRCd, then Start UnrealIRCd)