diff --git a/panel/1.0/updating.md b/panel/1.0/updating.md index 549122aa..8f44fd1d 100644 --- a/panel/1.0/updating.md +++ b/panel/1.0/updating.md @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Previous versions of Pterodactyl allowed for you to be running PHP 7.3. However, the fact that 7.3 is now EOL we have bumped the minimum acceptable PHP version to 7.4 — PHP 8 is recommended. You will also need to be using Composer v2. -**Before continuing**, please ensure that your system has been upgraded to at least PHP 7.4 by running `php -v`. You -should see output similar to the output below. If you do not see at least PHP 7.4 you will need to upgrade by following -our [PHP Upgrade Guide](/guides/php_upgrade.md) and then return to this documentation. +**Before continuing**, please ensure that your system and web server configuration has been upgraded to at least PHP 7.4 by running `php -v` and Composer 2 by running `composer --version`. You +should see an output similar to the result below. If you do not see at least PHP 7.4 and Composer 2, you will need to upgrade by following +our [PHP Upgrade Guide](/guides/php_upgrade.md) and return to this documentation afterward. ``` vagrant@pterodactyl:~/app$ php -v @@ -44,16 +44,19 @@ PHP 8.0.1 (cli) (built: Jan 13 2021 08:22:35) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.0.1, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.0.1, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies + vagrant@pterodactyl:~/app$ composer --version Composer version 2.0.8 2020-12-03 17:20:38 ``` ## Self Upgrade -If your version of Pterodactyl Panel is `1.3.2` or higher you can simply run the following command to perform a +If your version of Pterodactyl Panel is `1.3.2` or higher, you can simply run the following command to perform a self-upgrade of the Panel. This will download all of the necessary files and perform all of the actions listed in this upgrade documentation. +**Note:** You must have `php-posix` extension for the self-upgrade to detect file ownership. + ```bash cd /var/www/pterodactyl && php artisan p:upgrade ```