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Update Passbolt on Debian 12

Prerequisites​

For this tutorial, you will need:

  • A minimal Debian 12 server.
  • Passbolt Debian 12 package installed.

The recommended server requirements are:

  • 2 cores
  • 2GB of RAM

FAQ pages:

Update passbolt​

1. Take down your site​

It is generally a good idea to stop running the site prior to the upgrade. This is to avoid having side effects such as active users corrupting the data in the middle of an upgrade.

sudo systemctl stop nginx

2. Backup your database​

It is recommended to always perform a backup of your passbolt installation. Please check the backup article

3. Upgrade your system​

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Sometimes, while updating when there is also an update to MySQL/MariaDB you will get an error on the upgrade step. That's why we are suggesting to manually upgrade passbolt prior to system upgrade

sudo apt update
sudo apt --only-upgrade install passbolt-ce-server
sudo apt upgrade

4. Clear the cache​

Finally make sure you clear the application cache, to make sure any changes in the database structure are reflected in model cache files:

sudo -H -u www-data bash -c "/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake cache clear_all"

5. Bring your site back online​

Almost done:

sudo systemctl start nginx

6. Troubleshooting​

After the update, the server should automatically ran a dry run of the cleanup to let you know if there is any data integrity issues.

No issues found​

If you see an output that looks like this:

Open source password manager for teams
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Cleanup shell (dry-run)
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No issue found, data looks squeaky clean!

It means that you don't have any database integrity issues, you can move forward and run the healthCheck!

Issues found​

Open source password manager for teams
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Cleanup shell (dry-run)
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N issues found in table Y (data integrity message)
N issues detected, please re-run without --dry-run to fix.

Some data integrity issues have been found, to resolve them, you need to re-run the cleanup without the dry run flags:

sudo -H -u www-data bash -c "/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt cleanup"

You can also run the following command to ensure everything is working properly:

sudo -H -u www-data bash -c "/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt healthcheck"

If you run into some issues​

  • Make a copy or screenshot of the errors messages displayed on the screen
  • Check for error message in the logs directory
  • Check for error message in the browser console
  • Checkout the previous working version using git
  • Drop the database and load your backup data to restore to a previously working version
  • Note down the the details of you environment: your OS, php, mysql environment versions.

Where to get help:

  • If you are a Passbolt Pro Edition subscriber send us an email with the details.
  • If you are a Passbolt Community Edition user you can open new thread on the community forum.
  • The more information you provide about what you did, what you tried, how your environment look like, the easiest it will be for people to help you.