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Upgrading

Upgrade to a new version​

As Pingvin Share is in early stage, see the release notes for breaking changes before upgrading.

Docker​

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

Portainer​

  1. In your container page, click on Recreate.
  2. Check the Re-Pull image toggle.
  3. Click on Recreate.

Stand-alone​

  1. Stop the running app

    pm2 stop pingvin-share-backend pingvin-share-frontend

  2. Repeat the steps from the installation guide except the git clone step.

    cd pingvin-share

    # Checkout the latest version
    git fetch --tags && git checkout $(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)

    # Start the backend
    cd backend
    npm install
    npm run build
    pm2 restart pingvin-share-backend

    # Start the frontend
    cd ../frontend
    npm install
    npm run build
    pm2 restart pingvin-share-frontend

Note that environemnt variables are not picked up when using pm2 restart, if you actually want to change configs, you need to run pm2 --update-env restart