Updating the Panel
This documentation covers the process for updating the panel portion of Pelican.
Version Requirements
Each version of Pelican Panel also has a corresponding minimum version of Wings that is required for it to run.
Please see the chart below for how these versions line up. In most cases your base Wings version should match that of your Panel.
Panel Version | Wings Version | Supported | PHP Version |
---|---|---|---|
1.x | 1.x | ✅︎ | 8.2/ 8.3 |
Enter Maintenance Mode
Whenever you are performing an update you should be sure to place your Panel into maintenance mode. This will prevent users from encountering unexpected errors.
cd /var/www/pelican
php artisan down
Download Update
The first step in the update process is to download the new panel files from GitHub. The command below will download the release archive for the most recent version of Pelican, save it in the current directory and will automatically unpack the archive into your current folder.
curl -L https://github.com/pelican-dev/panel/releases/latest/download/panel.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzv
Once the archive is downloaded and extracted we need to set the correct permissions on the cache and storage directories to avoid any webserver related errors.
chmod -R 755 storage/* bootstrap/cache
Update Dependencies
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Even though composer might tell you that you have outdated dependencies, do not run composer update
!
Clear Compiled Template Cache
You'll also want to clear the compiled template cache to ensure that new and modified templates show up correctly for users.
php artisan view:clear
php artisan config:clear
Cache components
To make sure your panel loads faster you'll want to cache filament components.
php artisan filament:optimize
Update Database
You'll also need to update your database schema. Running the command below will update the schema and ensure the default eggs we ship are up to date (and add any new ones we might have). Just remember, never edit core eggs we ship! They will be overwritten by this update process.
php artisan migrate --seed --force
Set Permissions
The last step is to set proper ownership of the files. In most cases this
is www-data
but can vary from system to system — sometimes being nginx
, caddy
, apache
, or even nobody
.
- NGINX/Apache
- Rocky Linux NGINX
- Rocky Linux Apache
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/pelican
chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/pelican
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/pelican
Restart Queue Workers
After every update you should restart the queue worker.
php artisan queue:restart
Exit Maintenance Mode
Now that everything has been updated you need to exit maintenance mode.
php artisan up