I am running ownCloud on a Debian machine with Mysql and I have been a little behind with upgrading it. Today I upgraded from 7.0.4 to 8.1.1 following the standard instructions. A few more notes on my environment:
- I don’t use encryption for files
- I don’t use https/ssl (I am behind an openvpn server)
- I did the upgrade in one step (7.0.4 to 8.1.1, not via intermediate versions)
It basically went fine. When I ran:
$ sudo -u www-data php occ upgrade ownCloud or one of the apps require upgrade - only a limited number of commands are available Checked database schema update Checked database schema update for apps Updated database Disabled 3rd-party app: calendar Disabled 3rd-party app: contacts Disabled 3rd-party app: documents Updating... Updated to 0.7 Updating ... Updated to 0.6 Updating ... Updated to 1.1.10 Updating ... Updated to 2.0.1 Updating ... Updated to 0.6.2 Updating ... Updated to 0.6.3 Updating ... Updated to 0.6.0 Update 3rd-party app: calendar Exception: App does not provide an info.xml file Update failed Maintenance mode is kept active
I am a little surprised, because I don’t remember calendar, contacts and documents being 3rd party apps before (?). Anyway, the server did not come up, so I ran the command again:
$ sudo -u www-data php occ upgrade ownCloud or one of the apps require upgrade - only a limited number of commands are available Turned on maintenance mode Checked database schema update Checked database schema update for apps Updated database Update successful Turned off maintenance mode
Now it worked. Logged in, no traces of the three 3rd-party apps. Whatever, I use ownCloud for the files.
Performance after upgrade
ownCloud is not particularly fast. I did a very quick and unscientific performance check: before upgrading I uploaded a folder (17 files, 4.1 MB) to ownCloud: it took 30 seconds (for the desktop client to complete syncing). After the upgrade the same folder took 19 seconds to sync. This proves nothing of course, but at least it seems promising.
Ubuntu Client
My Ubuntu client used ownCloud vs 1.7. It does not work with 8.1.1. Installing ownCloud client from external repository worked fine. Same thing for Debian, obviously.
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