Version upgradation from 4.0.0 . to 4.4.4

Hi,
I have Bitnami Openfire setup on linux. The previous version was 4.2.3 and now I want to upgrade it on 4.4.4, so I follow below link set up, https://docs.bitnami.com/installer/apps/openfire/administration/upgrade/
But after setup, I access my admin panel and got the error, please see screenshot,

Now my question is after up-gradation of Openfire why admin panel gives me re-setup everything like server setting, database settings and profile setting? Why it not showing me my previous settings.?

I think you should contact Bitnami support. We can’t support 3d party installation scripts. Setup repeating itself usually happens when not enough permissions are provided to the user running Openfire. I guess Bitnami script is not right. Maybe they also do not support newest Openfire version yet. Ask them.

@wroot Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I am able to upgrade Openfire set up. I put all my steps those are I followed for it,

Steps of up-gradation Openfire setup

  • Stop service. -:

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop

  • Backup Openfire folder. /opt/bitnami/openfire :-

     sudo cp /opt/bitnami/openfire  openfire_backup
    
  • Delete openfire folder :-

sudo rm -r /opt/bitnami/openfire

  • Download zip updated version and unarchive in /opt/bitnami/openfire :-

sudo tar -zxvf openfire_4_4_4.tar.gz

  • Restore folders i.e conf, scripts, logs, and plugins available in backup openfire folder :-

sudo cp -r openfire_backup/openfire/plugins /opt/bitnami/openfire/

sudo cp -r openfire_backup/bitnami/openfire/logs/ /opt/bitnami/openfire/

sudo cp -r openfire_backup/bitnami/openfire/script/ /opt/bitnami/openfire/

· Add permission to installed openfire folder :-

sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/bitnami/openfire

  • Start service -:

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start

That’s it!
I will let you know if I have any problems.

Happy new year.

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