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Hi Aderson,

I would like to upgrade an existing DNN 7 site to DNN 8 on my local machine.

I just rewatched the DNN 6 to 7 tutorial to remind myself of the procedure:
http://www.dnnhero.com/Premium/Tutorial/ArticleID/121

My notes are below, I just wondered if anything has changed for DNN 8?

 

I do have a DNN 8 site installed locally on my machine via nvQuickSite, I'm a bit surprised that its application pool is running under .Net 4.0. In fact .Net 4.5.2 isn't even an option for the application pool even though that version of .Net is installed on my machine.

 

Best Regards,

Steve

Upgrade from DNN 7 to 8 notes, I realise app_offline.htm isn't really necessary on my local machine but I left it there fo completeness:

1. Back up existing installation
2. Download DNN 8 upgrade zip file from:   http://dotnetnuke.codeplex.com/releases/view/621771
3. Unzip files
4. For a live site, create app_offline.htm in the root directory and enter in a text message to inform users the site is temporarily offline.
5. Access site url in browser to check it's offline
6. Copy web.config file and note changes from original if any.
7. Set autoupgrade in web.config to false Set <key value="autoupgrade" value="false"> <key/>
8. Copy unzipped upgrade files to live site.
9. Delete app_offline.htm file.
10. Attempt to access site, see message displayed about the site being unavailable.
11. Set autoupgrade in web.config to true
12. Access the site with the following url:
13. [siteName]/install/install.aspx?mode=upgrade
14. If step 13 completes successfully, access site.

I just upgraded an install from 7.4 to 8.... whatever is latest. There aren't any immediate differences that I can tell. Everything seems to function the same way. I posted yesterday that the one thing that I've found is that the 'bulk installer' aka the ability to install multiple modules in one go instead of 1 by 1 was removed.

To answer your other comment. Your app pool should be running at .Net 4. This is compatible with all version of .Net 4 so 4.5.2 is what my modules use and they work just fine. :)

OK Thank you Michael, that's good to know.

Hi Aderson, Thank you for the link. I take it my list of tasks for upgrade looks ok?

Steve