This tip is about upgrading your OpenX 2.4 installation, with emphasis on making the upgrade easy, risk-free and quick. By upgrading I mean going from version 2.4.x to 2.4.y or from 2.6.x to 2.6.y (I call this a minor upgrade). But it applies to upgrading from version 2.4 to 2.6 as well. The most important tip I can give is: make backups!
I’m starting with the assumption that you’ve installed your OpenX system on your website example.com in a folder called ‘openx’ (so the address is www.example.com/openx/), and that it has been installed and configured correctly.
Upgrading is essentially a four step process:
- Upload program files for new version in a separate folder
- Copy configuration file, copy banner images and set folder permissions
- Backup the database
- Rename folders and run the upgrade procedure
I’ll discuss these steps in more detail in the remainder of this article.
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