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  • hollyboy
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 777

    Upgrade does not start

    I have delete makeconfig.php as suggested from the screen but now get a page error when I reload my upgrade.php page

    Here is the message on screen:
    This page isn’t working

    www.interfans.org is currently unable to handle this request.

    HTTP ERROR 500

  • Mark.B
    vBulletin Support
    • Feb 2004
    • 24286
    • 6.0.X

    #2
    What versions are you upgrading from and to?
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    • hollyboy
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2004
      • 777

      #3
      4.2.3 to 5.3.4
      Last edited by hollyboy; Sat 23 Dec '17, 8:56am.

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      • Mark.B
        vBulletin Support
        • Feb 2004
        • 24286
        • 6.0.X

        #4
        Make sure you have no vB4 files remaining in the folder first (except any user image folders, such as attachments or avatars).

        Here are the full instructions. Please make sure EVERY step is followed.

        vB4 to vB5 Upgrade Instructions

        ****BACK UP THE DATABASE & FILES FIRST****

        1. You need to remove all vB4 files and folders out of the way first, (except attachments, avatars etc if you're storing these on the server).

        2. Download and unzip the vBulletin 5 files.

        3. You need to rename this file:

        htaccess.txt

        To:

        .htaccess
        (Note the 'dot' at the start)

        4. You need to rename this file:

        /config.php.bkp

        To:

        /config.php

        Then, you need to rename this file:

        /core/includes/config.php.new

        To:

        /core/includes/config.php

        Then, in that file, you need to complete the following fields:

        $config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum';
        Change forum to whatever your database name is.

        $config['Database']['technicalemail'] = '[email protected]';
        Change the email address to your own.

        $config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'root';
        Change root to the database username

        $config['MasterServer']['password'] = '';
        Enter the database password inside the '' marks.

        All other fields should be left as default, unless your database is on a separate server, in which case this will need changing:

        $config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';

        5. Upload all files to your server

        6. Browse to yourforumpath.com/core/install/upgrade.php.

        7. Enter your customer number and the upgrade will proceed.

        8. Delete the /core/install directory after the upgrade has finished.
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        • hollyboy
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2004
          • 777

          #5
          I have done what you suggested,but yet the upgrade does not start

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          • hollyboy
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2004
            • 777

            #6
            Ok I have re-done the steps in a new dir and it's working now.

            The step to step info you reported are NOT included in the readme anyway. Are you guys aware?

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            • hollyboy
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2004
              • 777

              #7
              Btw here is how it looks after the upgrade
              Attached Files

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              • Mark.B
                vBulletin Support
                • Feb 2004
                • 24286
                • 6.0.X

                #8
                For whatever reason, your rewrite rules are not working.

                Have you renamed htaccess.txt to .htaccess ?

                If so, speak to your hosts and check that allow_override is set to All in httpd.conf. If not get it changed and restart Apache.
                additionally, mod_rewrite needs to be installed and running on the server. This assumes it's Apache of course.
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                • hollyboy
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 777

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Mark.B
                  Have you renamed htaccess.txt to .htaccess ?
                  .

                  yes!
                  how come the posts and users are not imported in the upgrade?

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                  • Mark.B
                    vBulletin Support
                    • Feb 2004
                    • 24286
                    • 6.0.X

                    #10
                    Originally posted by hollyboy


                    yes!
                    how come the posts and users are not imported in the upgrade?
                    They are.

                    Are you certain you haven't carried out a clean install?
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                    • hollyboy
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 777

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Mark.B

                      They are.

                      Are you certain you haven't carried out a clean install?
                      I hit upgrade.php

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                      • Mark.B
                        vBulletin Support
                        • Feb 2004
                        • 24286
                        • 6.0.X

                        #12
                        Your live site is running vB4 so I am assuming you have a complete test mirror running for the upgrade.

                        You need to ensure this test install is pointed at a full copy of the live database.
                        If the test database is blank you will get a clean install.
                        You also need to ensure the URL settings in the admincp are changed to the test install before running the upgrade, that could be the cause of the styling not loading.
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                        • hollyboy
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 777

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Mark.B
                          Your live site is running vB4 so I am assuming you have a complete test mirror running for the upgrade.

                          You need to ensure this test install is pointed at a full copy of the live database.
                          If the test database is blank you will get a clean install.
                          You also need to ensure the URL settings in the admincp are changed to the test install before running the upgrade, that could be the cause of the styling not loading.
                          ho can I change the url settings before? I mean this is a new upgrade from a mirror db

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                          • Mark.B
                            vBulletin Support
                            • Feb 2004
                            • 24286
                            • 6.0.X

                            #14
                            You should set up the test mirror so it is fully working with correct URL settings beforehand. You should be able to login to the admincp to change these.
                            Verify that it works and has all content present and is definitely pointing to the mirror database and not the live (make a test post to confirm this, it should not show on the live site)
                            Then follow the instructions in my earlier post to remove the vB4 files, and run upgrade.php.
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                            • hollyboy
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 777

                              #15
                              I can't get the mirror db work.
                              If I upgrade on the live site, how sure can I be that it works?

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