Updating osTicket Awesome (already installed in a subdomain on a Windows IIS server)

This guide will help you update your existing osTicket Awesome installation on your self-hosted Windows IIS server.

If you are using a Linux server, or your installation is in a directory (rather than a subdomain), please go back to this menu.

When your osTicket was first installed, you (or the person who installed it) chose the name of the subdomain that it was installed into. Common names that people use are osticket, helpdesk or support.

For the purpose of these instructions we will assume that your website is www.your-domain.com and your current osTicket Awesome installation is in www.support.your-domain.com


Go to Admin Panel > Manage > Plugins
Make a note of any plugins that are installed and Enabled


Open include/ost-config.php
Make a note of your Database Options


Go to Admin Panel > Settings
Switch your current osTicket Awesome installation to Offline


Backup your database using one of these methods


Navigate to the web root of your subdomain. Create a support-old directory. Move the current osTicket Awesome files into that directory.


Download and extract the latest osTicket Awesome .zip. Put the contents of the upload folder in your web root directory.


Copy ost-config.php from include\support-old to include


Go to www.support.your-domain.com/scp and log in


If required, complete the database upgrade process

Switch osTicket Awesome to Online (Admin Panel > Settings)



Always clear your browser cache after installing an update


Now take a look at our post-installation tasks