Upgrade from Clipbucket 4.2

Starting situation

To see where we're going, you need to see where you come from ; here you are :

• Using ClipBucket 4.2 RC1 (Latest official release, released on 2019-01-31) without any specific issue relative to your system configuration
• Using PHP 5.6.X (Latest PHP version compatible with ClipBucket 4.2 RC1, discontinued since 2019-01-10)
• You want to upgrade ClipBucket to 5.X ! 😄

First situation : Upgrading your installation

1. Make a full backup of your DB
2. Make a full copy of your website
3. Upgrade your PHP to 7.0+ (8.0+ recommended)
4. Upgrade your MySQL to 5.6+ (MariaDB 10.3+ recommended)
5. Replace existing Clipbucket directory with latest release or a git clone of this repository
   For now, git clone and usage of latest release (5.5.1-X) is more than recommended
6. Replace /upload/files/ directory with your old one
7. Move all files from old /upload/images/avatars/* to new /upload/files/avatars/ except no_avatar* files
8. Copy your old /upload/includes/dbconnect.php to new /upload/includes/config.php
9. Create new directories /upload/files/avatars/ , /upload/files/cover_photos/ and /upload/files/logos/ (With correct chmod and chown !)
10. Move all files from old /upload/images/avatars/* to new /upload/files/avatars/ except no_avatar* files
11. Login on /admin_area/login.php and then follow DB update instructions

Optionnal :

• Remove php-imagick
• Remove gpac
• Remove flvtool2

Second situation : Make a new installation

1. Make a full backup of your DB
2. Use easy installation script
3. Replace /upload/files/ directory with your old one
4. Create new directories /upload/files/avatars/ , /upload/files/cover_photos/ and /upload/files/logos/ (With correct chmod and chown !)
5. Move all files from old /upload/images/avatars/* to new /upload/files/avatars/ except no_avatar* files
6. Drop installed DB and then restore clipbucket DB with your backup
7. Login on /admin_area/login.php and then follow DB update instructions

Finally

Welcome aboard adventurer !