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exp:upgrade

Upgrade the installation in one call: every stage in order (dry run unless --apply).

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exp:upgrade

Upgrade the installation in one call: every stage in order (dry run unless --apply).

Script bin/php/upgrade.php, code in kernel/private/classes/commands/upgrade.php. Run it from the installation root, as the user the web server runs as:

./console exp:upgrade --help
php bin/php/upgrade.php --help

Help text

Upgrade the installation in one call
Runs the stages in their fixed order: code, libraries, database, scripts, finish. Without --apply
it changes nothing and lists, step by step, what it would do. With --apply it makes a backup,
applies the pending steps in order, records each one and stops at the first failure; the finish
stage then deploys the changes and checks that the site answers.

./console exp:upgrade                                  dry run of every stage
./console exp:upgrade --apply
./console exp:upgrade --apply --stages=database,scripts,finish
./console exp:upgrade --format=json                    the machine output exp-upgrade/1

Exit codes: 0 done or nothing pending, 1 a step failed (or pending with --fail-on-pending),
2 usage error, 3 database not reachable, 4 internal error.
Guide: doc/eng-us/guides/upgrading-with-the-console.md

Options

OptionValueHelp
--stagesrequiredOnly these stages, a comma list of code, libraries, database, scripts, finish (in that order)
--applyMake the changes (the default is a dry run that lists them and changes nothing)
--dry-runThe default, accepted for scripts that pass it: list what would change, change nothing
--onlyrequiredOnly these steps (step ids, a comma list or repeated); an optional step runs only when named here
--skiprequiredNever these steps (step ids, a comma list or repeated)
--formatrequiredtext (default) or json (the machine output exp-upgrade/1)
--no-backupWrite without making a backup first
--backup-dirrequiredWhere the backup goes (default var/backup/upgrade); a directory <time> is made in it
--force-orderRun a stage although an earlier stage has pending steps
--fail-on-pendingExit 1 when steps are still pending (for CI)
--force-no-backupWith --no-backup on a production installation: write without a backup all the same
--no-captionWrite without taking a caption first (the same as --no-backup); refused on production without --force-no-caption
--force-no-captionWith --no-caption on a production installation: write without a caption all the same
--no-deployFinish without exp:velocity deploy: extension autoloads and the INI, template and content caches only
--urlrequiredThe addresses the smoke check requests after the deploy (a comma list or repeated); default the front page of SiteURL
--torequiredThe code stage moves the checkouts to this tag, branch or commit (default: the upstream of the branch)
--reposrequiredMore git checkouts the code stage moves, paths inside the installation (a comma list or repeated)
--updaterequiredcomposer update these packages, with their dependencies (a comma list or repeated)
--composerrequiredThe Composer binary or composer.phar (default: composer on the PATH, else composer.phar in the root)
--no-auditSkip the security audit of the libraries (composer audit) before and after
--allow-vendor-changesInstall the libraries although Composer reports local changes in vendor/
--no-verifySkip the verification after the upgrade (exp:upgrade:verify --after)
--rollback-on-failWhen the upgrade or its verification fails, roll back to the pre-upgrade caption at once
--post-captionAfter a passed verification, take a post caption: the last known good state
--no-testsLeave the test suite upgrade-smoke out of the verification

Read from the option definitions in the code (startup(), getOptions(), options() or ezcConsoleOption). Every script also takes the standard options of the script framework (--help, --siteaccess, --debug, --quiet, --allow-root-user ...).


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