22 May 2007

H-Sphere versions: 2.4.3 +, before 2.5

We recommend upgrading PostgreSQL user, database servers and the system PostgreSQL to 7.4.17.

To update PostgreSQL for H-Sphere 2.5+ and 3.0+, go to System Packages Update.

System Requirements:

- H-Sphere 2.4.1 Patch 2 and higher. If you are running an earlier version of H-Sphere, this patch will break your installation.
- If your Postgres is older than v.7.3 or system DB encoding is other than UTF-8, manual update is highly recommended.

Update procedure:

1. Log into your control panel server as root:
   
   su -
2. Download the PostgreSQL 7.4.17 upgrade script from the psoft site:
   For Linux:
   wget http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/u-pgsql-7.4.17.tar.gz
   For FreeBSD:
   fetch http://www.psoft.net/shiv/HS/u-pgsql-7.4.17.tar.gz
3. Unpack the archive:
   
   tar xfz u-pgsql-7.4.17.tar.gz
4. Enter the unpacked directory:
   
   cd u-pgsql-7.4.17
5. To upgrade all PostgreSQL servers, run the update.sh script:
   
   sh update.sh

   To run the script and view the messages that appeared during installation, run the following command:

   sh update.sh | tee update.log
   It will copy the messages to the log file.

WARNING: pg_hba.conf must be configured more strictly.