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Upgrading

Musare upgrade process.

To install a new instance please see Installation.

Docker

Instructions

1. Make a backup! ./musare.sh backup
2. Execute ./musare.sh update. If an update requires any configuration changes or database migrations, you will be notified.
   • To update configuration compare example configs against your own and add/update/remove any properties as needed. For more information on properties see Configuration. Frontend and backend configuration updates always update the configVersion property.
     • Backend, compare backend/config/template.json against backend/config/default.json.
     • Frontend, compare frontend/dist/config/template.json against frontend/dist/config/default.json.
     • Environment, compare .env.example against .env.
   • To migrate database;
     • ./musare.sh stop backend
     • Set migration to true in backend/config/default.json
     • ./musare.sh start backend.
     • Follow backend logs and await migration completion notice ./musare.sh attach backend.
     • ./musare.sh stop backend
     • Set migration to false in backend/config/default.json
     • ./musare.sh start backend.

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Non-Docker

Instructions

1. Make a backup!
2. Stop all services
3. git pull
4. cd frontend && npm install
5. cd ../backend && npm install
6. Compare example configs against your own and add/update/remove any properties as needed. For more information on properties see Configuration. Frontend and backend configuration updates always update the configVersion property.
   • Backend, compare backend/config/template.json against backend/config/default.json.
   • Frontend, compare frontend/dist/config/template.json against frontend/dist/config/default.json.
7. Start MongoDB and Redis services.
8. Run database migration;
   • Set migration to true in backend/config/default.json
   • Start backend service.
   • Follow backend logs and await migration completion notice.
   • Stop backend service.
   • Set migration to false in backend/config/default.json
9. Start backend and frontend services.

Upgrade/downgrade MongoDB

Make sure to always look at the upgrade/downgrade instructions in the MongoDB release notes before, and always make a full backup of your data before proceeding.

Docker

Instructions

1. Stop the backend (./musare.sh stop backend)
2. Make a backup of MongoDB (./musare.sh backup)
3. Stop and reset the mongo container and delete the database folder (./musare.sh reset mongo)
   • Note: if your MongoDB database folder is not the .db folder inside the main Musare folder, you'll have to delete this folder yourself.
4. Change the MongoDB version inside your .env file.
5. Start the mongo container (./musare.sh start mongo)
6. Import your backup of MongoDB (./musare.sh restore)
   • Note: backups are stored inside the backups folder by default.
7. Start the backend (./musare.sh start backend)

Non-Docker

Instructions

1. Stop your backend
2. Make a backup of MongoDB
3. Stop and reset MongoDB
4. Upgrade/downgrade MongoDB
5. Start MongoDB
6. Restore your MongoDB backup
7. Start your backend