Upgrading nopCommerce 3.80 to 4.10

Although nopCommerce offers general upgrade instructions here, this is a step-by-step tutorial of how to upgrade your nopCommerce site from version 3.80 to 4.10 on Everleap.

First, you should make a backup copy of your site so that you can roll back in case anything goes wrong during the upgrade process.  Start by backing up your database:

• Log into the Everleap Control Panel.
• Select Databases in the drop-down menu, then click on Shared MS SQL.
• Click on the Manage link.
• Click on the Backup link in orange.
• Select a location (site) to store your database backup.
• Then click on the Create New Backup button.
• Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the backup to complete. The screen does not refresh itself automatically, but you can click on Overview periodically to refresh the page and see if the backup has completed.

 

 

• Once the database backup has completed, download all the files in the /site/wwwroot and /DatabaseBackup folder using an FTP client like FileZilla . This will make a backup copy of your site.

 

 

Before you can begin the upgrade progress, you will need to download the upgrade scripts and the 4.10 release from GitHub.  Download these files:

nopCommerce_3.90_UpgradeScripts.rar
nopCommerce_4.00_UpgradeScripts.rar
nopCommerce_4.10_UpgradeScripts.rar
nopCommerce_4.10_Source.rar

Extract the files using a utility like 7-Zip.  Now, open your database using SQL Server Management Studio.  Open each script in a T-SQL window and execute them in order (i.e., 3.90 first, then 4.00, then 4.10).

Then, reconnect to your site using FTP, delete all the files in the /site/wwwroot folder, and upload the new 4.10 files.  Copy back the files /App_Data/Settings.txt and /App_Data/InstalledPlugins.txt from your backup copy because they contain settings to connect to your Everleap database, overwriting the files on the server.  If you stored your images in the file system instead of the database, make sure you copy back the files in /Content/Images from your backup copy as well.

Launch your site using a web browser, make sure everything is OK, and voilà, you’re done!

 

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