I'm trying to upgrade from 3.2 to 3.5... running on Ubuntu 16.04... moving from one machine to another
This is what I did
Then for the upgrade:
At that point, I get the installation screen. What have I done wrong?
Thanks in advance!
Moodle can't see the database. So... the database settings in config.php don't point (correctly) to the database you think/hope they do. Check the name and permissions match properly at both ends.
When you put the config.php file back into the apache root (/var/www/html/), did file permissions/ownerships get changed?
What are permissions on config.php ... it must have at least 'read' for the owner of the file ... which in Ubuntu is www-data (I think).
-r--------. 1 www-data www-data 1087 Sep 1 15:45 config.php
If moodle cannot find nor read config.php it assumes new installation, me thinks, rather than recognizing new code and sending you to upgrade.
BTW, since you have linux, in admin/cli/ of code there are cli scripts only that will do the upgrade ... takes apache out of the loop then.
'spirit of sharing', Ken
Yes it does - that would indeed be the other possibility; no (or unreadable) config.php
Thank you! It was the config.php... that portion solved! Thanks!
