Upgrade Guide

If you already have an installation of Colectica Repository and would like to upgrade to a newer version, follow these instructions.

See also

See Deployment Guide for details on instructions for first-time installation.

  1. Download and extract the latest ColecticaRepository-version.zip file.

  2. Stop the Colectica Repository IIS site.

  3. Back up your web.config and files in the \Config\ directory.

  4. Copy the new ColecticaRepository directory contents into your existing ColecticaRepository deployment directory, overwriting the existing files.

  5. Copy your backed up web.config and files in the \Config\ directory into the ColecticaRepository to overwrite the default settings.

  6. Restart the Colectica Repository IIS site.

  7. Using Colectica Designer, test to ensure you have access to the Repository.

Upgrading from Releases Earlier than 5.3.6233

Starting with version 5.3.6233, the all Colectica products now build using .NET 4.5. Perform these additional steps

  1. If using Postgres, the Postgres connection string has changed slightly and should be updated in the RepositoryDir\Config\Repository.ConnectionStrings.postgres.config file. See the new format in Update Web.Config for Colectica Repository

  2. If using Postgres, the Postgres data providers definition has changed slightly. The new release of the config file in RepositoryDir\Config\DbProviderFactories.config should overwrite your existing file.