CMS Version 3.3.2 to 4.3.1

To be completed by the original poster:

CMS Version

Version 3.3.2

Installation Method

Docker

Operating System

Started with windows, is now Debian

Issue

we had our Xibo CMS running in docker on a windows computer. during an attempt to upgrade that PC to windows 10….something went wrong and that computer became quite dead. in looking to get a new CMS started up i noticed that docker on windows is no longer suggested, so i fired up a debian VM and followed the initial setup instructions for CMS for Docker on Linux. that all worked perfectly fine getting a blank slate CMS up and running.

so, i pulled the hard drive out of the old CMS windows host, tore down the linux Docker images (docker compose down) replaced all the appropriate files in the Debian Xibo folders with the ones from the windows image, and did the docker compose up -d and it successfully restored our previous docker image from the windows instance into the debian instance.

great….that all works. however, when i attempt Upgrade Xibo for Docker Install | Xibo Digital Signage these instructions for upgrading the docker image to the new version…it doesn’t work. i was able to revert back to the previous version that worked, but any time i’ve tried these instructions to upgrade the image the CMS never loads.

This may not be your problem, but I updated from 3.3.10 to 4.3.1 last week, and had problems due to the required database upgrade from MySQL 5.7 to 8 failing.
After a day of messing around trying to repair the installation, I dumped my old database into a file, created a new MySQL 8 database and imported the data into that. That worked.

that doesn’t sound outside of the realm of possibility. did you follow some specified instructions for that procedure or…..cobble together your own steps? i’m not a MySQL expert