Upgrading a CKAN 2 package install to a new patch release
Note
Before upgrading CKAN you should check the compatibility of any custom themes or extensions you’re using, check the changelog, and backup your database. See Upgrading CKAN.
Patch releases are distributed in the same package as the
minor release they belong to, so for example CKAN 2.0
, 2.0.1
,
2.0.2
, etc. will all be installed using the CKAN 2.0
package
(python-ckan_2.0_amd64.deb
):
Download the CKAN package:
wget https://packaging.ckan.org/python-ckan_2.0_amd64.deb
You can check the actual CKAN version from a package running the following command:
dpkg --info python-ckan_2.0_amd64.deb
Look for the
Version
field in the output:... Package: python-ckan Version: 2.0.1-3 ...
Install the package with the following command:
sudo dpkg -i python-ckan_2.0_amd64.deb
Your CKAN instance should be upgraded straight away.
Note
If you have changed the Apache or Nginx configuration files, you will get a prompt like the following, asking whether to keep your local changes or replace the files. You generally would like to keep your local changes (option
N
, which is the default), but you can look at the differences between versions by selecting optionD
:Configuration file `/etc/apache2/sites-available/ckan_default' ==> File on system created by you or by a script. ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version D : show the differences between the versions Z : start a shell to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** ckan_default (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
Your local CKAN configuration file in /etc/ckan/default will not be replaced.
Note
The install process will uninstall any existing CKAN extensions or other libraries located in the
src
directory of the CKAN virtualenv. To enable them again, the installation process will iterate all folders in thesrc
directory, reinstall the requirements listed inpip-requirements.txt
andrequirements.txt
files and runpip install -e .
for each. If you are using a custom extension which does not use this requirements file names or is located elsewhere, you will need to manually reenable it.Finally, restart uWSGI and Nginx:
sudo supervisorctl restart ckan-uwsgi:* sudo service nginx restart
You’re done!
You should now be able to visit your CKAN website in your web browser and see that it’s running the new version of CKAN.