🔄 How to Update Waziper Server (v6.0.6)

Fix QR Not Showing / Connection Failed / Auto Disconnect

If your WhatsApp QR code is not showing, connection keeps failing, or the account disconnects automatically, please update your Waziper Server using the latest whatsapp_server.zip included in your download package.

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📦 1️⃣ What’s inside your download package?

After extracting the main ZIP file, you will see:

• Documentation.html

• How to install.html

• waziper_main_v6.0.6.zip

• whatsapp_server.zip ← THIS is the server update

✅ You only need whatsapp_server.zip
❌ Do NOT reinstall waziper_main_v6.0.6.zip

The PHP script does NOT need to be reinstalled.

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🧩 2️⃣ Requirements (IMPORTANT)

Your server MUST use:

⚠️ Waziper Server will NOT run on:

• Node.js 16 ❌

• Node.js 18 ❌

👉 Node.js 20+ is mandatory

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🛠 3️⃣ Install / Upgrade Node.js 20

Ubuntu / Debian

CentOS / AlmaLinux / Rocky

Verify installation

✅ Expected output:

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📁 4️⃣ Locate your existing Waziper Server folder

Common locations:

or

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🔧 5️⃣ Replace the server with v6.0.6

Step-by-step

1️⃣ Delete or rename your old folder:

2️⃣ Extract:

3️⃣ Rename the extracted folder to:

📌 Important

• The ZIP file name is whatsapp_server.zip

• The final folder name MUST be:

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⚙️ 6️⃣ Update config.js

Path

Template (Node.js 20+ – ESM compatible)

⚠️ Make sure database credentials match your Waziper PHP database

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🚀 7️⃣ Restart your server (VERY IMPORTANT)

After replacing the folder, restart your server completely.

Linux VPS

or restart via your hosting panel.

Shared hosting / cPanel

• Reboot Server

• Restart Node App

• Restart Hosting Service (depends on panel)

Windows

• Restart XAMPP / WAMP / Laragon

• Or restart the computer

✅ No terminal commands needed
✅ No npm install
✅ No node app.js
✅ Restarting is enough

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🎉 8️⃣ Done

Go to:

Waziper Dashboard → WhatsApp Accounts → Scan QR

✔️ QR code should appear immediately
✔️ Connection should stay stable

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⚠️ Important Notes

• ✅ Only replace waziper_server folder

• ❌ Do NOT reinstall Waziper PHP script

• ❌ No database migration required

• ❌ Do NOT run Node manually

• ✅ Restarting the server is enough