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There are several easy ways to update Curator. To see if Curator needs an update, check the status of your Curator instance on the homepage of the backend, or on the System Upgrade page. The “Current Version” will show what software version Curator is currently running and the “Latest Version” will show the latest release available. Attention: We recommend taking a Curator Backup before an upgrade. More details can be found here.

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Upgrading Curator

One-click Upgrade:
  1. Login to the backend of your Curator instance (e.g. https://curator.example.com/backend).
  2. Navigate to the Settings > Curator > System Upgrade section using the left-hand menu.
  3. Click the “Start One-click Upgrade” button.
Manual Upgrade:
  1. Login to the backend of your Curator instance (e.g. https://curator.example.com/backend).
  2. Navigate to the Settings > Curator > System Upgrade section using the left-hand menu.
  3. Click the “Manual Upgrade” button to display the Manual Upgrade links in the release notes section at the bottom of the page.
  4. Click the link of the version you wish to upgrade to, this will download a .zip file containing the upgrade contents.
  5. Upload the .zip file you just downloaded to the “Upgrade Zip Archive” section and click the “Submit” button.
Curator API:
  1. Login to the backend of your Curator instance (e.g. https://curator.example.com/backend).
  2. Navigate to the Settings > Curator > API Keys section using the left-hand menu.
  3. Select an existing key or create a new key
  4. If creating a new key, save the key.
  5. From the REST API dropdowns, select ‘Portal’ in the left dropdown and ‘Upgrade’ in the right dropdown.
  6. Click the link that was generated below the drop-downs.
  7. This will open a new tab, when upgrade is successful a small success text display will populate.

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Troubleshooting

Having Issues With the Upgrade? Try our Upgrade Troubleshooting Documentation.

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PHP Version Compatibility

The System Upgrade page automatically checks your server’s PHP version against each release’s minimum PHP requirement. If your server’s PHP version is too old for a given release:
  • The Upgrade button for that release will be disabled and shown in red as “PHP X.X+ Required”.
  • An exclamation icon will appear next to the version number.
  • In the Manual Upgrade download column, a warning note will appear: “Requires PHP X.X+ — upgrade PHP before installing”.
  • If you attempt a one-click upgrade to an incompatible release, the confirmation dialog will block the upgrade and direct you to update PHP first.
To resolve this, upgrade your server’s PHP version before upgrading Curator. See our Dependency Updates page for platform-specific instructions.

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Multi-version Upgrades (4+ versions)

We recommend upgrading no more than 3 versions at a time. If you plan to make an upgrade to a Curator instance that is more than 4 versions out-of-date, use the version-specific upgrades on the upgrade page, instead of the “One-click upgrade”.