With the release of 3.0, we are releasing a version that has gone through extensive rewrites of the internal buffering system.

Many internal workings have been changed and improved. As such, there was no way of keeping compatibility between running previous versions and the 3.0 release, making a rolling update without dropping connections not feasible.

In order to update MistServer to 3.0 properly, step one is to fully turn off your current version. After that, just run the installer of MistServer 3.0 or replace the binaries.

Process when running MistServer through binaries

• Shut down MistController
• Replace the MistServer binaries with the 3.0 binaries
• Start MistController

Process when running MistServer through the install script

Shut down MistController Systemd:

systemctl stop mistserver

Service:

service mistserver stop

Start MistServer install script:

curl -o - https://releases.mistserver.org/is/mistserver_64Vlatest.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | sh

Process for completely uninstall MistServer and installing MistServer 3.0

Run:

curl -o - https://releases.mistserver.org/uninstallscript.sh 2>/dev/null | sh

Then:

curl -o - https://releases.mistserver.org/is/mistserver_64Vlatest.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | sh

Enabling new features within MistServer

You can enable the new features within MistServer by going to the protocol panel and enabling them. Some other protocols will have gone out of date, like OGG (to be added later on), DASH (replaced by CMAF) and HSS (replaced by CMAF, as Microsoft no longer supports HSS and has moved to CMAF themselves as well). The missing protocols can be removed/deleted without worry. The new protocols can be added manually or automatically by pressing the “enable default protocols” button

Rolling back from 3.0 to 2.x

Downgrading MistServer from 3.0 to 2.x will also run into the same issue that it is unable to keep connections active, which means you will have to repeat the process listed above with the end binaries/install link being the 2.x version. If you deleted the old 2.X protocols during the 3.X upgrade, you will have to re-add them using the same “enable default protocols” method as well. It is safe to have both sets in your configuration simultaneously if you switch between versions a lot, or need a single config file that works on both.