How to upgrade Bold Reports^® On-Premise Edition version up to 2.x on production server

This section explains how to upgrade Bold Reports^® On-Premise Edition in staging and to production environment.

Steps to upgrade Bold Reports^® On-Premise Edition in staging machine

• Install Bold latest Bold Reports^® On-Premise build by following the Installation link.

• If Bold Reports^® On-Premise Edition is configured using the new domain on older version, then after the upgrade installation completed, update that domain URL on configuration files by following these steps:

1. Go to the deployed location.

   By default, Bold Reports^® will be deployed on C:\Bold Reports^®.

2. Update the InternalAppReportUrl value in config file from the following location.

   {Deployed Location}\IDP\UMS\Configuration\boldreports\Config.xml

3. Update the InternalAppDataServiceUrl and InternalAppIdpUrl values in the config file from the following location.

   {Deployed Location}\Report Server\Configuration\Config.xml

• After the previous steps completed, restart the Bold Reports^® On-Premise Edition site and test all features in Bold Reports^® On-Premise and confirm it.

Steps to upgrade Bold Reports^® On-Premise Edition in production machine

• Take IDP App_Data folder and Report Server App_Data folder backup from the Bold Reports^® site hosted location on production machine.

  Example: In production machine, Bold Reports^® site is hosted on the location D:\BoldReports, then take a backup of App_Data folder from IDP location as well as Report Server folder location respectively as follows.

  D:\Bold Reports\IDP\App_Data

  D:\Bold Reports\Report Server\App_Data

• Except Utilities folder, zip all files from deployed location on staging machine and copy that zip file.

  {deployed location}\Bold Reports^®

  By default, Bold Reports^® will be deployed on the following location in staging machine.

C:\Bold Reports<sup>®</sup>

• Paste the copied zip file in any location on production machine and extract that zip file. Except App_Data folder, move the extracted files to the Bold Reports^® site hosted location.

  Example: D:\Bold Reports<sup>®</sup>

• Start the Bold Reports^® site from IIS.

  After upgrading, if you face any problems while browsing Bold Reports^® site, then move the backup of IDP App_Data folder and Report Server App_Data folder to the Bold Reports^® site hosted location. Example: Bold Report site is hosted on the location D:\Bold Reports<sup>®</sup> then move the backup (IDP and Report Server) App_Data folder to the following location, respectively.

  • D:\Bold Reports\IDP\App_Data
  • D:\Bold Reports\Report Server\App_Data