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- get a copy of the latest production version of drupal extracted onto your disk from http://drupal.org/
- backup the file system and database as outlined in 'Update a site on the test server' procedure
- log in to Drupal site as user #1
- put the site in off-line maintenance mode /admin/settings/site-maintenance
- disable all the non-essential modules
- go to the htdocs directory
- use this to check which are enabled:
- drush mm list
Panel missing: getid3 token
enabled: advanced_help autologout block color comment computed_field contact content content_copy content_permissions content_taxonomy content_taxonomy_autocomplete content_taxonomy_options cu_template cul_common culauth date date_api date_locale date_popup date_timezone date_tools dblog devel email fieldgroup filefield filter globalredirect help imagefield insert_view jq jq_bridge jquery_ui link locale menu menu_breadcrumb node node_import nodereference number optionwidgets path search site_map system taxonomy taxonomy_manager text tracker update user views views_bulk_operations views_ui webform wysiwyg xmlsitemap
disabled: actions_permissions aggregator blog blogapi book content_taxonomy_tree date_php4 date_repeat devel_generate devel_node_access devel_themer feednodefixer filefield_meta filefield_token forum help_example ltsprocedures macro openid performance php ping poll profile statistics syslog throttle translation trigger upload userreference views_export xmlsitemap_engines xmlsitemap_node xmlsitemap_taxonomy xmlsitemap_user
- use this to disable modules
Panel drush mm disable advanced_help autologout color comment computed_field contact content content_copy content_permissions content_taxonomy content_taxonomy_autocomplete content_taxonomy_options cu_template cul_common culauth date date_api date_locale date_popup date_timezone date_tools dblog devel email fieldgroup filefield globalredirect help imagefield insert_view jq jq_bridge jquery_ui link locale menu menu_breadcrumb node_import nodereference number optionwidgets path search site_map taxonomy taxonomy_manager text tracker update views views_bulk_operations views_ui webform wysiwyg xmlsitemap
- leave these modules enabled: block filter node system user
- delete the old Drupal except for the sites directory
- go to htdocs
- rm *.txt *.php
- rm -R includes/ misc/ themes/ modules/ scripts/ profiles/
- upload the new drupal into htdocs
- run update.php
- enable all the modules
Panel drush mm disable enable advanced_help autologout color comment computed_field contact content content_copy content_permissions content_taxonomy content_taxonomy_autocomplete content_taxonomy_options cu_template cul_common culauth date date_api date_locale date_popup date_timezone date_tools dblog devel email fieldgroup filefield globalredirect help imagefield insert_view jq jq_bridge jquery_ui link locale menu menu_breadcrumb node_import nodereference number optionwidgets path search site_map taxonomy taxonomy_manager text tracker update views views_bulk_operations views_ui webform wysiwyg xmlsitemap
- run update.php again
- check the site
- take the site out of maintenance mode /admin/settings/site-maintenance