- Login to your Noodle as the 'admin' user and press the upgrade button in System Tools > Settings > General > License.
Manual upgrade after 7.08.20:
- kill java (windows only)
- replace ROOT.war
- restart the Noodle service
- optionally upgrade OS, Java, and tomcat.
Version specifics
- If upgrading from Noodle 6.7.13 (2009-07-24) or before
- Java 8+ is required
- If using Microsoft SQL Server, version 2012+ is required.
- If upgrading from Noodle 7.08.20 (2021-06-22) or before
- Java 11+ is required
- and using Linux
- restart the service after the upgrade
- and using Windows
- move are replace intranet.bat_new to intranet.bat
- move enhydra/ to Backup*/
- restart the service after the upgrade
Notes
- Check you are not already using a current version.
- Major updates, are announced in the newsletter, and may be warned about on the login page.
- Changes are listed in the version history.
- The LTS branch changes annually.
- The release branch changes monthly.
- Changes to the 2nd part of the version number indicates the database schema has changed.
- Custom scripts and CSS should be verified to be working after each upgrade.
- Every version can upgrade from every past version.
- A Backup is advisable before each upgrade.
- It is advisable to upgrade the OS (, and Java if using Windows) before each Noodle upgrade.