Update
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.. NOTE:: We recommend backing up your database before updating the app.

To update the app you just need to copy over the latest code. The app tracks the current version in a file called version.txt, if it notices a change it loads ``/update`` to run the database migrations.

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.. TIP:: You can use this `shell script <https://pastebin.com/j657uv9A>`_ to automate the update process, consider running it as a daily cron to automatically keep your app up to date.

If you're moving servers make sure to copy over the .env file.

If the auto-update fails you can manually run the update with the following commands. Once completed add ``?clear_cache=true`` to the end of the URL to clear the application cache.

.. code-block:: shell

   composer dump-autoload --optimize
   php artisan optimize --force
   php artisan migrate
   php artisan db:seed --class=UpdateSeeder

.. NOTE:: If you've downloaded the code from GitHub you also need to run ``composer install``

.. TIP:: You can see the detailed changes for each release on our `GitHub release notes <https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/releases>`_.

Version 3.2
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An import folder has been adding to storage/, you may need to run ``sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage``

Version 2.6
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Make sure the .env file includes ``APP_CIPHER=rijndael-128``

Version 2.5.1
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Minimum PHP version is now 5.5.9

Version 2.0
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Copy .env.example to .env and set config settings

Set the app cipher to ``rijndael-256`` to support existing passwords

Check that ``/path/to/ninja/storage`` has 755 permissions and is owned by the webserver user