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Last Post 06/02/2008 5:42 PM by Peter Donker

Activation required after every DNN upgrade

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Eric Swanzey

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05/29/2008 3:09 PM
I have to ask now that it's happened again to me - upgrading DNN (to 4.8.3 this time) breaks all activations of DMX. Is this expected behavior or am I missing something?

Peter Donker

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05/30/2008 6:53 PM
How do you upgrade? Normally you're required to keep your encryption keys in the web.config (so copying them from the old to the new). If you don't do that the activation breaks. Secondly: there is a file that stores the activation. It is in the DMX directory itself, so it should not be touched during an upgrade. This sums up what the parameters are. Peter

Eric Swanzey

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05/31/2008 2:14 AM
Sorry if this is a case of RTFM, but I don't have anything (encryption keys?) in the web.config that relate to DMX.

Peter Donker

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06/02/2008 5:42 PM
Hi Eric, OK, well maybe that is the reason. If you open a new DNN you'll find this in the web.config: machineKey validationKey="... lots of characters ..." decryptionKey="... again lots of characters ..." decryption="3DES" validation="SHA1" This is used for various encryption tasks in DNN the most important of which the aspnet security. I guess you're running AD authentication. Still having the encrpytion keys should be compulsory as other modules can also call code to encrypt stuff. This code relies on these keys being present. Peter

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