How to upgrade
To upgrade blabws-server-pro simply stop the service, replace the files under /opt/blabws-server-pro
with the new ones and start the websocket service.
A websocket service and a websocket server are the same thing. We call the server part of our chat software a websocket service rather than a websocket server to easily distinguish it from web servers, MySQL servers, hosting servers, DHCP servers. Websocket service = websocket server = blabws-server-pro
Upgrade BlaB! WS Pro client
Method 1: with overwriting
Navigate to AdminCP with your browser. Download the UPDATE ONLY pack from our support center, unzip and overwrite your existing installation. Press F5 to reload AdminCP - this will update the database.
The UPDATE ONLY pack is identical to the full initial pack with the following files/folders removed: /attachments
/avatars
/backgrounds
/install
/stickers
config.php
emocodes.php
emoticons.css
errors.txt
soundspro.js
ext/custom.php
Method 2: in a new folder
- Download the FULL PACK from our support center, unzip the files in a new empty directory e.g.
/chat_new
and remove/install
,/attachments
andconfig.php
- Upload
/chat_new
(and all files/subdirectories in it) to your server with an FTP program. - Move your current
config.php
file and/attachments
folder to/chat_new
. - Navigate with your browser to
/chat_new/admin
- the database will be updated automatically.
Page updated: 2024-10-08