How to Keep Your Site Up-to-Date with Upgrade Protection

Keeping your site secure is an important part of maintaining a stable website. DNN is diligent in fixing bugs and patching security holes. When a new version of DNN is released, you may see a notification in the top menu bar upon when logging in as host (version 8 and lower). 



If the available update patches a critical security problem, you will see a red indicator like these:

You can check which version of DNN you are running as well as enable the option to check for updates by performing the following steps.

1. Log into your DotNetNuke website as a SuperUser (typically Host).
2. Click on Host > Host Settings. In the Host Settings page you will see DotNetNuke version.
3. Place a checkmark next to Check for updates if it is not already checked.

1. Login to your DNN website as a SuperUser (typically Host).
2. In the Persona Bar go to Settings -> Servers. The current site version is displayed under the Application section.
3. In DNN 9, there is an integrated Update Service that does version checking. Critical updates and other items may be listed under the Settings -> Security -> Security Bulletins section.