I'm getting ready to upgrade our (hosted) corporate wiki from 1.161.1 to
1.21.1.
I have done an upgrade using the web interface on a local copy of our
wiki - this worked fine. The docs suggest that with a "large" wiki this
could fail due to timeouts, that the command line upgrade script is
preferred, and that if you don't have command line access you should
change hosting providers to one that allows command line access.
Changing hosts is not always an option, but it seems to me that you
ought to be able to upgrade the DB on a local machine, using the command
line script if necessary, then import that new DB structure (and data)
on your host. Has anyone tried this, and is there some reason it does
not/would not work?
Also, I have found that although I don't have command line access, I can
run php scripts as cron jobs. Is there any reason the upgrade script
could not be run this way? For example, is there any point at which the
upgrade script requires/requests user input?
I have not yet tried to upgrade our hosted wiki, and I think it's likely
that the web interface will work fine, I just want to be aware of all
possible safety nets in case problems do arise.
Thanks
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Mickey Feldman
Vigil Health Solutions Inc.
2102- 4464 Markham Street
Victoria, BC Canada
V8Z 7X8
250.383.6900