Issue in upgrading OJS 2.4 to OJS 3.x

[ctgraham]

Please don’t post the same question on multiple threads. Instead, search for the best existing topic or create a new topic as needed.

I’ve responded to your other post here:

Ojs migration from old version to latest version 3.0.0

Yes, a backup which includes the following will allow you to build a fresh copy of OJS, either at the current version, or a later version: The OJS database The OJS private files (files_dir) The OJS public files (“public”) The config.inc.php You can copy this backup to a new VM, either with the source code from 2.4.x, or with the source code from 3.x to have a new copy of OJS. Be sure to run the upgrade script if changing versions. You will probably need to schedule a bit of downtime durin…