Upgrading Subsonic on Ubuntu server - need advice

[stim]

Hi,

I am a happy subsonic user for the past few months. It is running smoothly from a remote Ubuntu server. I followed an install tutorial similar to this.

Now I wish to upgrade to 4.9 but I'm somewhat nervous as this is my first time. So before I screw anything up I thought I should ask:
Are there any particular issues I should watch for, or can I just install the new version over the old without disturbing my existing settings?

Any advice or pointers would be highly appreciated

Many kind thanks in advance

[daneren2005]

Shut down the service (sudo service subsonic stop), and backup the whole /var/subsonic folder first. I think you only need the /var/subsonic/db to save your settings, but I just do the whole folder just to be safe. That way if anything goes wrong you can restore all your settings and playlists and such.

[stim]

Jut the reassurance I needed. Thank you very much.

[aleza66]

Just stopping service, backaping, dont have to delete anything?


Aleza

[stim]

Hi,

I just got around to updating to 4.9 on my server. Here's what I did:

1. Stop subsonic

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sudo service subsonic stop

2.Make backup:

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mkdir backups
sudo cp -r /var/subsonic/ /home/stim/backups/subsonic4_8

3.Download subsonic 4.9:

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wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/subsonic/subsonic/4.9/subsonic-4.9.deb

4. Install

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sudo dpkg -i subsonic-4.9.deb


5. Next I referred back to installation reference I used first, paying particular attention to permissions.
http://unlockforus.com/installing-subsonic-music-streamer-in-ubuntu-server-10-04-lts-lucid-lynx-2/

6.Re-check settings, inc ports...

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sudo nano /etc/default/subsonic

7. Re-start subsonic

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sudo service subsonic restart

I encountered one problem at the end and could not connect.
Although I had re-assigned the port, I could still only connect the default port 4040. Until I can find a fix, I stopped the service then restarted with the following command (assuming port 12345)

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sudo subsonic --port=12345

EDIT: Fixed it - it was a permissions issue!

Now everything is working as expected.

Thanks again for the reassurances.