Upgrading Alpana from v3.0 to v3.1

!Alpana v3.1 requires .NET Framework 4.8, which was incompatible with v3.0 Alpana Server installers.

*You can install .NET Framework 4.8 while Alpana v3.0 is running.

To upgrade existing v3.0 installations, you can use the following procedure :

1 – Backup

As with any maintenance operation, you may wish to do a backup before the upgrade.

At any rate, you must make sure you have all information to install again :

Folder path to the website

!It must be the same during the upgrade, otherwise you will not be able to keep your configuration and dashboards on upgrade !

Network configuration

DNS or IP addresses and ports of Frontend and Backend
SSL information

*It must be the same during the upgrade, otherwise your users won’t be able to reach the website on the same address again.

SQL database connection

!It must be pointing to the same database during the upgrade, otherwise you will not be able to keep your configuration and dashboards on upgrade !

Other IIS configuration

If you tinkered with the IIS configuration manually, you must also back it up.

2 – Install new .NET Framework

!Installing this component requires to restart the machine.

.NET Framework 4.8 can be found here then download the “Runtime”. Alternately, an offline installer exists on the same page .

3 – Un-install

Use Windows Control Panel to un-install previous versions of Alpana Server and Designer.

4 – Install

Run the new installers and perform the installation procedures again for Alpana Server and Alpana Designer.

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