Installation and Update
ZenTao has a source code package, and a one-click installation package for both Windows and Linux. You can find the installation using source code below. For more, you can visit Choose the Right Installation.
Source Code Installation (for all systems)
- Deploy PHP and MySQL runtime environment
There are many installation guides for PHP and MySQL, but you should pay attention to the following.
- ZenTao requires modules like pdo, pdo_mysql, json, and filter, so make sure that the PHP environment can load these modules.
- Linux + Apache + PHP(5.3/5.4/5.5/5.6/7.0/7.1 + MySQL(5.5/5.6)/mariadb is recommended, followed by Nginx, while IIS+PHP is not recommended.
- For Linux, it is NOT recommended to compile and install PHP. You'd better install the PHP by built-in Package Manager.
- Download ZenTao source code
- Download the latest source code (.zip file) from ZenTao Official Website.
- Unzip to get 'zentaopms' directory. Copy it to the doc directory of webserver, such as 'www' or 'htdocs' of Apache.
- Visit http://ip:port/zentaopms/www/index.php and it will automatically start the installation.
- Installation Steps
- Welcome splash
- System checkup
- Database configuration
- Admin account
- Installation is done
Update ZenTao by Source Code (for all systems)
The followings are steps to update your ZenTao for all systems, in general, using the source code.
- Update Steps
- Download the latest source code package .zip file, from on our website HERE.
- Unzip the file and override the original directory. For example, if ZenTao was installed in the directory c:\xampp\zentao, then override it with the downloaded files. Copy all the files in zentaopms/ and paste in xampp/zentao/. Execute the update program.
- If the access path of ZenTao is http://192.168.1.99/zentao/, the update path is http://192.168.1.99/zentao/upgrade.php.
- Select ZenTao version according to the update wizard instructions and follow it.
- Do not unzip the latest package after removing the original programs. You must override the original directory. Do not copy it to c:\xampp\zentao\zentao.
- Notes: Do not download .exe file to update ZenTao, or it will override all the original data.
- Check Extension Compatibility
If extensions developed by a third party have been installed before the upgrade, check whether the extensions are compatible with the latest version.
If you cannot access ZenTao after the update, follow steps below to solve the problem.
- Back up the original directories of ZenTao;
- Download the latest package and rename it as zentao;
- Copy config/my.php, www/data/upload/1, www/.ztaccess, and www/.htaccess in the original directory to the directory of the source package just downloaded.