Error on using autoupgrade CLI, upgrade not starting : "No admin directory provided"

[PMoby]

Hello

I am testing (on a cloned site) the upgrade from 8.0.2 to 8.2.1 on a hosting server which timed out during the test upgrade of a rather big site.

Upgrade launched in GUI from the backoffice which left a crashed site I had to restore manually.
Now trying if things would be smoother in CLI. I followed instructions from https://devdocs.prestashop-project.org/8/basics/keeping-up-to-date/update/update-from-the-cli/, for the "Update Assistant module" in fact now called autoupgrade ?
Also read the nice post at Feedback from that post

however on my site :

 

php modules/autoupgrade/cli-upgrade.php --dir=admin123

(with the correct and checked many times name of the actual dir) just says :

"No admin directory provided (dir). Update assistant cannot proceed.

Any idea why ? I'd like to use CLI as I believe it may be more efficient than the graphical BO?

Thanks.

[juanrojas]

Just in case, did you use the module backup option?

[PMoby]

Hello, can you confirm the question ? This is the first command I issued, the site is backed up daily by other tools, and manually before any such action.

[Knowband Plugins]

What's the version of the autoupgrade module?

Ideally --dir is the correct option to specify the admin directory. 

 

Can you try this as well?

php modules/autoupgrade/cli-upgrade.php --dir="admin123"

[PMoby]

Hello, this is the first command I issued, the site is backed up daily by other tools, and manually before any such action.

The autoupgrade / 1clickupgrade / "Update assistant" module is configured with "skip_backup: 1" so it should not try to backup, and the PHP version is 8.1.32
Good thinking, I also added the quotes just to try but got the same instant error, which I can find nowhere else in forums etc, just in the Git sources for the module to display "when the dir is not specified or does not exist", not the case here...

[PMoby]

7 hours ago, Knowband Plugins said:

What's the version of the autoupgrade module?

This is "Update Assistant v7.0.0 - by PrestaShop"

[Knowband Plugins]

Update Assistant v7.0.0 doesn't have the "cli-upgrade.php," so not sure how it's working. Its available till 6.x version only. 

 

Upgrade Assistance 7.0 documentation. 

https://github.com/PrestaShop/autoupgrade/tree/7.0.x

 

Try these commands in the root directory

composer require prestashop/autoupgrade;

# to check the upgrades
php bin/console update:check <your-admin-folder>

# to perform the upgrades
php bin/console update:upgrade <your-admin-folder> 
  
  

 

Ensure to take a backup of the DB & files manually. 

 

[PMoby]

Thanks for the tip, not sure why this is.
I tried your suggestion, composer worked, but then got

Using version ^7.0 for prestashop/autoupgrade

 

[abcmachine@becane www]$ php bin/console update:check admin123

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class "AppKernel" not found in /home/abcmachine/domaine.fr/www/config/autoload.php:28
Stack trace:
#0 /home/abcmachine/domaine.fr/www/config/config.inc.php(36): require_once()
#1 /home/abcmachine/domaine.fr/www/bin/console(15): require_once('/home/abcmachine...')
#2 {main}
  thrown in /home/abcmachine/domaine.fr/www/config/autoload.php on line 28

Missing something...

Checks:

/home/abcmachine/domaine.fr/www/config/autoload.php does exist of course

Lines 27 and 28 are

require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
define('_PS_VERSION_', AppKernel::VERSION);

There indeed is an autoload.php in /domaine.fr/www/vendor

I can only find this type of error in much older posts and PSP 1.7 or so, and no relevant solution...
Thanks.

Edited April 9 by PMoby (see edit history)

[thieryhenry]

@Geometry

The error about the missing admin directory usually pops up when the --dir parameter in the CLI command doesn’t match your actual admin folder name. Since many rename that folder for security, it’s easy to miss. Making sure the correct folder name is passed often clears it up.

Edited August 6 by thieryhenry (see edit history)