Upgrading phpBB3 on a closed network

[Mike Godwin]

Apologies if this has already been covered, an "extensive" search did not return information on my issue.

Basically, I'm running phpBB3 in a closed environment on a corporate network. Consequently, the machine it is running on does not have direct access to the internet.

This seems to cause a problem when I go into the System tab in the ACP, since the board wants to go out to the internet to check the version it's running against the current version. I'm assuming this would be where I would initiate an update of the code if one were warranted but, since the board doesn't get the response it needs from the internet, I'm left with no options to do so.

Short of a complete install of a new version (which I am open to doing but really would prefer not to), is there any "workaround" to this?

Thanks in advance.
Mike

[ChrisRLG]

The software is only going to display the update status of the forum - it should not cause you any problems other than in the adminCP giving a error for that display.

All the display does is to warn you of another update (if one is available).

It should display the same as if the phpBB.com site was offline for any reason, not causing any fault that will stop any operation you will need to do within the adminCP.

[dark/Rain]

Upgrading itself should work without internet access but if you want to use the auto update package you might need to edit one (?) file a bit since it does refuse to update otherwise (depends on version, got fixed in RC4/5 or so).