Upgrade iRedAPD

Note

Release Notes are available here: iRedAPD Release Notes.
If you're trying to upgrade iRedAPD-1.3.x or earlier releases to the latest iRedAPD, please check this tutorial instead: Upgrade iRedAPD from v1.3.x or earlier versions to latest release.
iRedMail and iRedAdmin-Pro completely drop support for Cluebringer, if you're still running Cluebringer, please migrate to iRedAPD by following our tutorial.
We offer remote upgrade service, check the price and contact us.

This tutorial describes how to upgrade iRedAPD from 1.4.0 or later releases to the latest stable release. It's applicable on all Linux/BSD distributions supported by iRedMail.

Download the latest stable release here: http://www.iredmail.org/yum/misc/. For example, iRedAPD-1.7.0.tar.bz2.
Upload it to your iRedMail server. Assume it's /root/iRedAPD-1.7.0.tar.bz2.
Extract downloaded package and execute upgrade script:

Attention

If you're running iRedMail with OpenLDAP or MySQL/MariaDB backends, upgrading from iRedAPD-1.6.0 or earlier releases requires MySQL root username and password, please get them before you run upgrade script.

# cd /root
# tar xjf iRedAPD-1.7.0.tar.bz2
# cd iRedAPD-1.7.0/tools/
# bash upgrade_iredapd.sh

That's all.

Plugins

It's recommended to enable plugin reject_null_sender in iRedAPD-1.4.4 or later releases to prevent authenticated user sending spam as null sender.
Plugin amavisd_wblist is required for whitelisting and blacklisting.

Upgrade iRedAPD

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