Upgrading

Upgrading IPCop after Cop+ has been installed.

There is always a risk that an IPCop update will overwrite something and break an addon. You do not need to uninstall Cop+ before upgrading IPCop, but the Cop+ install script should usually be re-run manually after installing IPCop updates.

If you've installed Cop+ 2.1 or later on IPCop 1.4.4 or later here's how to upgrade you IPCop to 1.4.5, 1.4.6 etc.

  1. Apply the IPCop upgrade like normal via the GUI. (Things may disappear from the GUI menus. If so do step 2)
  2. Logon to the console as root and uninstall and reinstall the addons server: 
    cd /addons
    ./addoncfg -u
    ./addoncfg -i
  3. Still at the console, rerun the Cop+ install script:
    cd /var/ipcop/copplus
    ./copplussetup

IPCop 1.4.9 update - No problems. Just do step 1.

IPCop 1.4.10, 11, 12 and 13 updates - Step 2 isn't necessary, but make sure you do step 3 above.

IPCop 1.4.14 and 1.4.15 updates - Beware! Cop+ 2.1 isn't compatible with IPCop 1.4.14 or later without manual mods, but Cop+ 2.2 is.

Uninstall Cop+ 2.1 from the addons GUI page.
Restart Squid by going to the IPCop web inteface, Services - Proxy page and hit the Save button.
Upgrade your IPCop to at least 1.4.15
Install Cop+ 2.2

Cop+ 2.2 is compatible with IPCop 1.4.15 thru 1.4.21

(Note: the Cop+ uninstall program does not delete the dansguardian config files, so if you've customized what dansguardian is blocking, your settings will be retained when Cop+ 2.2 is installed. You will, however, need to reset the location you want to download blacklists from.))


Cop+ 2.1 to 2.2 Upgrades

Uninstall Cop+ 2.1 from the addons GUI page.
Restart Squid by going to the IPCop web inteface, Services - Proxy page and hit the Save button.
Upgrade your IPCop to at least 1.4.15
Install Cop+ 2.2

Cop+ 2.0 to 2.1 Upgrades

(Only if you have the beta or build 1 version of Cop+ 2.0 you need to replace the uninstall program first.) If you don't want to loose your Content filter logfiles use WinSCP or some other method to copy them out of the /var/log/dansguardian folder of IPCop. From IPCop's GUI. go to the Addons - Addons page. Uninstall Cop+ 2.0.
From the same place, upload and install Copplus 2.1.
- Cop+ 2.1 will use your old Dansguardian config files. You will not need to tweak DG all over again.

Cop+ version 1

I do not recommend restoring your system files from a Cop+ version 1 system to a Cop+ 2.0 system. The dansguardian.conf file is different in DG version 2.8 from the one in version DG 2.6. It may not work. - untested
If you've modified the dansguardian config files use WinSCP to manually back them up from the /etc/dansguardian directory, or "edit" the files with the GUI and copy and paste their contents into notepad and save. Then do a clean install of IPCop, then addons, then Cop+.