Upgrading

Step by Step

Below is the process for manually updating Directus. Directus Hosted Instances are automatically updated.

1. Backup your database: In addition to scheduled backups, you should always create another complete database backup directly before making any broad CMS/database changes
2. Download and unzip the newest Directus package from here
3. Ensuring you don't replace your /api/config.php and /api/configuration.php files, overwrite your previous version of Directus with the new files
4. Run the migration script to update your database/schema (@TODO)

Developers who installed Directus by cloning the git repository directly to their server can simply pull the newest stable version. Typically this is as simple as navigating to the Directus folder and running: git pull origin build