Uninstalling Feature Release 19

Uninstall Feature Release 19 software using the standard installer. This stops all FotoWeb services, including the FotoWeb MongoDB server.
 

MongoDB

FotoWeb stores some data in MongoDB. Starting with FR20, the latest version of this database must be installed on the system before installing Fotoweb. The MongoDB Community Server (“mongod”) can be downloaded from www.mongodb.com.

Install MongoDB as a Windows Service with the following configuration parameters:
Data Directory:  C:\ProgramData\FotoWare\FotoWeb\Operations\MongoDBData.

Upgrading the database files

When upgrading from FR19, the MongoDB data directory will already contain data that must be upgraded from the MongoDB version 4 format used by FR19. This upgrade must be performed in single-version increments, from version 4 to version 5, then to version 6, and so on. The corresponding software version must be used for each upgrade step.

Before upgrading

1. Open the Services Control Panel Applet and make sure the newly installed “MongoDB Server” Windows Service is stopped.
2. Go to the MongoDB Community Edition release archive on www.mongodb.com (https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community-edition/releases/archive at the time of writing) and download the Windows x64 zip archive for each major version between 4 and the current. At the time of writing, these are: 

• Version 5.0.31 (“mongodb-windows-x86_64-5.0.31.zip”)
• Version 6.0.23 (“mongodb-windows-x86_64-6.0.23.zip”)
• Version 7.0.20 (“mongodb-windows-x86_64-7.0.20.zip”)
• Version 8.0.26 ("mongodb-windows-x86_64-8.0.26.zip")
  
   Always keep your MongoDB version up to date to benefit from the latest security patches and improvements.

3. Also, download the MongoDB command-line tool, MongoDB Shell, as a ZIP file from https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell.
4. Unzip all the downloaded files into separate directories.
    

Upgrading

1. Open a Terminal Window and CD into the bin directory under the directory where you unzipped MongoDB version 5.0.31.
2. Start the MongoDB 5.0.31 server with the following command:
   
   mongod.exe --dbpath C:\ProgramData\FotoWare\FotoWeb\Operations\MongoDBData --port 27017 
    
3. Open another Terminal Window and CD into the bin directory under the directory where you unzipped the MongoDB Shell. 
4. Upgrade the database files with the following command:

mongosh.exe --eval "db.adminCommand({setFeatureCompatibilityVersion:'5.0'})"

5. Switch to the first terminal window and press Ctrl-C to stop the MongoDB server.
6.  CD to the bin directory where MongoDB version 6.0.23 is unzipped. Start it with the same command line as in step 2.
7. Switch to the second terminal window and upgrade to version 6 with the following command:

mongosh.exe --eval "db.adminCommand({setFeatureCompatibilityVersion:'6.0'})"

8. Switch to the first terminal window, stop the server with Ctrl-C, CD to the MongoDB 7 bin directory, and start the MongoDB 7 server with the command line from step 2.
9. Switch to the second terminal window and upgrade to version 7. Notice that the command for this is slightly different:

mongosh.exe --eval "db.adminCommand({setFeatureCompatibilityVersion:'7.0',confirm:true})"

10. Switch to the first terminal window and stop the server with Ctrl-C.
11. Open the Services control panel applet and start the MongoDB service.
12. Switch to the second terminal window and do the final upgrade to version 8:

mongosh.exe --eval "db.adminCommand({setFeatureCompatibilityVersion:'8.0',confirm:true})"

13. Close both terminal windows.

The unzipped and downloaded zip files were only needed for the upgrade and can now be deleted.

Configuring FotoWeb 

In  C:\ProgramData\FotoWare\FotoWeb\ServerSettings\Configuration\System.settings file, set MongoDBPort to 27017 for the following two settings, and save the file:

• <ServerDatabaseSettings>
• <FotoWareDatabaseSettings>

Configure FotoWeb to use the MongoDB port configured for your MongoDB installation. The default MongoDB port is 27017, and the legacy FotoWeb port 7200 is no longer supported. If MongoDB accepts network connections, ensure that access to the configured port is restricted to trusted hosts and protected by appropriate firewall rules.

"C:\Program Files\FotoWare\FotoWeb\fwsetup.exe" -installModeReal

Check the content of C:\ProgramData\FotoWare\FotoWeb\Server Settings\Configuration\VideoTranscoderConfig.json to ensure it references the correct MongoDB port and FFmpeg path for video transcoding. Edit, if necessary. 

Example:

{"fwdb":{"host":"localhost","port":27017,"name":"fotoware","username":"","password":""},"db":{"host":"localhost","port":27017,"name":"videotrs"},"paths":{"deploy":["C:\\ProgramData\\FotoWare\\FotoWeb\\Operations\\Proxies\\Video"]},"tools":{"ffmpeg":"C:\\Program Files\\FotoWare\\FotoWeb\\Scripts\\Python\\fotoware\\videotranscoder\\bin\\win8x64"},"video":{"cpuCores":1,"quality":18,"compressionSpeed":6},"debug":false}

Installing the new Feature Release software

1. Upgrade to the latest version of Index Manager.
2. In the Index Manager Settings app, go to General  > Indexes and make sure the MongoDB host is updated to the new port number 27017 if you are using the Push metadata to FotoWeb server option.
    

3. Install the FotoWeb FR20 or FR21 release using the FotoWeb installer and following the upgrade process. FotoWeb FR20 (and later) has x64 architecture and installs files to C:\Program Files\FotoWare\FotoWeb.
4. Install FFmpeg. For more information, see How to install FFmpeg for Fotoweb, Index Manager, and Color Factory.
5. FotoWeb is proven to work with FFmpeg 4.4.1; newer versions are not supported. Index Manager supports the new FFmpeg version 7.1.1.