iRedAPD source code is hosted on BitBucket.
Release Notes are available here: iRedAPD Release Notes.
If you're trying to upgrade iRedAPD-1.4.0 or later releases to the latest iRedAPD, please check this tutorial instead: Upgrade iRedAPD
We provide remote upgrade service, check the price and contact us.
This tutorial describes how to upgrade iRedAPD from v1.3.x or earlier versions to the later releases, it's applicable on all Linux/BSD distributions supported by iRedMail.
Important notes:
1.4.0
, we use Python source file as config file, not .ini
format anymore.iredapd-rr
anymore (it listens on port 7778
),
just one instance, one listen port 7777
is required.Steps to upgrade iRedAPD-1.3.x or earlier versions:
/root/iRedAPD-1.4.4.tar.bz2
on the server./opt/
, set correct owner and permission:# tar xjf /root/iRedAPD-1.4.4.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
# cd /opt
# chown -R iredapd:iredapd iRedAPD-1.4.4
# chmod -R 0700 iRedAPD-1.4.4
# cd /opt/iRedAPD-1.4.4/
# cp settings.py.sample settings.py
# chown -R iredapd:iredapd settings.py
# chmod -R 0400 settings.py
WARNING: Config file /opt/iredapd/settings.py
contains sensitive infomation
(username, password), please don't make it world-readable. Permission 0400 is
the best.
Open iRedAPD config file /opt/iredapd/settings.py
, and sync settings with
old iRedAPD config file /opt/iRedAPD-[OLD-VERSION]/etc/iredapd.ini
.
[ldap]
section are now new parameters
start with ldap_
.[sql]
(or [mysql]
) section are
now new parameters start with sql_
.Remove symbol link of old release:
# rm -i /opt/iredapd # <- Don't not end with '/'.
Copy new RC script. We have scripts for different Linux/BSD distributions, please copy the correct one for your distribution:
/opt/iredapd/rc_scripts/iredapd.rhel
: For Red Hat, CentOS, Scientific Linux./opt/iredapd/rc_scripts/iredapd.debian
: For Debian and Ubuntu./opt/iredapd/rc_scripts/iredapd.freebsd
: For FreeBSD. Please copy to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
./opt/iredapd/rc_scripts/iredapd.openbsd
: For OpenBSD. Please copy to /etc/rc.d/
.# cp /opt/iredapd/rc_scripts/iredapd.rhel /etc/init.d/iredapd
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/iredapd
# cd /opt/
# ln -s iRedAPD-1.4.4 iredapd
#
# ---- On Linux ----
#
# /etc/init.d/iredapd restart
#
# ---- On FreeBSD ----
#
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/iredapd restart
#
# ---- On OpenBSD ----
#
# /etc/rc.d/iredapd restart
/etc/init.d/iredapd-rr
(on Linux), or
/etc/rc.d/iredapd-rr
(on OpenBSD), or /usr/local/etc/rc.d/iredapd-rr
(on FreeBSD), it's safe to ignore below steps. But if you have it, please
stop service iredapd-rr
, then move all enabled plugin names listed in
/opt/iRedAPD-[OLD_VERSION]/etc/iredapd-rr.ini
to new config file
/opt/iredapd/settings.py
, in parameter plugins =
.# /etc/init.d/iredapd-rr stop
# rm /etc/init.d/iredapd-rr
Check whether you have check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:__7778__
in Postfix
config file /etc/postfix/main.cf
(Linux/OpenBSD) or
/usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf
(FreeBSD), if you have it, please remove it,
then restart Postfix service.
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