While we provide these instructions for assistance, we are not responsible for any problems that may result from their use. If you encounter any errors please take note of the error details and contact our support team.
Upgrading To An Included Package
Control Suite features an actively-maintained list of DNN version packages available in our repository. If you plan on upgrading to a major version, you can follow these steps to download and install the upgrade package.
- Log in to Control Suite.
- Expand Domains and find the domain you intend to upgrade from the list.
- Expand the domain and select the DNN instance.
- Click Upgrade DotNetNuke App from the top menu bar.
- In the middle window, make sure that BackupFirst is set to True, and then select the version of DNN you would like to upgrade to.
- Click Execute.
- You will see the backup and upgrade preparation process scroll on the output pane below. Once this is done, a browser window will open to execute the DNN upgrade script.
- Once the script has completed, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Click Here To Access Your Site.
Upgrading To A Custom Package
There are certain releases of DNN that are not featured in our repository and so do not appear in the list of options mentioned above. If you possess one of these upgrade packages you can still use Control Suite to automate the upgrade process.
- Download the DNN upgrade package of the version you wish to upgrade to. You can find the DNN packages at DNN Github websites. It is important that you use the upgrade packages and not the install packages, as you will overwrite the web.config if you use an install package.
- Right-click on the downloaded package and select Properties
- Check the box labeled Unblock and click OK
- Log in to Control Suite.
- Expand Domains and find the domain you intend to upgrade from the list.
- Expand the domain and select the DNN instance.
- Click Upgrade DotNetNuke App from the top menu bar.
- In the middle window, make sure that BackupFirst is set to True, choose the custom package option, and then use Browse to locate the copy of the upgrade package you previously placed on the server.
- Click Execute.
- You will see the backup and upgrade preparation process scroll on the output pane below. Once this is done, a browser window will open to execute the DNN upgrade script.
- Once the script has completed, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Click Here To Access Your Site.
Article ID: 2506, Created: January 13, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Modified: September 16, 2020 at 12:28 PM