Upgrade Firefly-III Data Importer

Edited 15 February 2025 with updated instructions from the Github repository

This page gives you instructions on how to upgrade your Firefly III Data Importer (FIDI).

Upgrading a self-hosted FIDI

Download the latest release as a tar.gz file from GitHub.

cd /srv/www
wget https://github.com/firefly-iii/data-importer/releases/download/v1.6.0/DataImporter-v1.6.0.tar.gz

Extract the archive with the new release.

mkdir fidi-new
cd fidi-new
tar xvf ../DataImporter-v1.6.0.tar.gz 
rm -r storage

Copy the .env file and the entire storage folder from the old installation to the new one.

cp ../fidi/.env .
cp -a ../fidi/storage .

Run commands to upgrade the database and the application.

php artisan cache:clear
php artisan view:clear

Fix file ownership and permissions

cd ..
chown -R www:www fidi-new/
chmod -R og-w fidi-new/

Move old installation and replace with the latest version.

mv fidi fidi-old
mv fidi-new fidi

Finally restart php and nginx.

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