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:

= 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
 * 1) Download and install latest version of UnrealIRCd. See Installing from source and stop before Creating a configuration file.
 * 2) Double check: make sure you ran make install as this will install all new files in /home/xxx/unrealircd.
 * 3) 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.
 * 1) Now you can restart the IRCd so it uses the new version:
 * cd /home/xxx/unrealircd
 * ./unrealircd restart
 * 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)