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(@alexbuckland)
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Hi Stevland

I have reached out to you about this but I guess you are busy. I need to upgrade my OSicket Awesome, and your instructions seem fairly simple but I assume (incorrectly?) I need to update the actual OS Ticket code as well? In case we need to revert, is this correct?

Thanks,

Alex.


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(@alexbuckland)
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FYI

osTicket v1.14.3 // osTicket-1.14.3-Awesome-102
PHP 7.3.27 // MySQL 5.7.32 // Apache web server


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(@julienvdc)
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Hey Alex,

You have to download the Awesome-OST version and upgrade using that one.

You should ignore the "standard" one put out by the OST guys. Unless you want to drop the Awesome-OST theme.


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(@stevland)
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Hi @alexbuckland,

Sorry, I didn't see your email but I'm a little overwhelmed right now.

You don't need to worry about your original vanilla osTicket installation. In fact, you can back it up and ditch it.

There was a time when I encouraged people to keep a working vanilla installation for troubleshooting purposes.

But osTicket Awesome now includes the latest copy of vanilla osTicket embedded within it. All you have to do is press Shift + O and you will see the page you are on, but in vanilla osTicket. 

I know, genius, right?!  😉

I hope this answers your question. If not, let me know.


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(@alexbuckland)
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Thanks!!

Quick question, can I upgrade from my current version (1.14.3) to 1.15.2 or do I have to go to 1.14.6?

Alex.


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(@stevland)
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As a general rule you can always upgrade osTicket or osTicket Awesome without doing staggered upgrades, unless your installation is super old, like, more than a decade old.

When you go from one major version to another (e.g. 1.11.x to 1.12.x or 1.14.x to 1.15x) the installer will perform a database upgrade. But that only takes a few seconds.

Even if you're applying a minor upgrade, however, I always recommend backing up your database before you do anything!


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(@alexbuckland)
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Hi,

Ran the upgrade over the weekend. All went well, from 1.14 to the latest 1.15, your instructions were flawless thanks. TBH I have not noticed any major functionality enhancements from 1.14.3 to 1.15.2 but I know there are various security improvements. So that will do.

 


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