Comprehensive upgrade guide for Docker and Standalone Windows/Linux Executables.

Regardless of how your LubeLogger instance is installed/configured, we highly recommend that you create a backup before updating, it will take less than two minutes of your time and save you a lot of headache if something goes wrong.

Login as the root/superuser to your LubeLogger instance, navigate to the Settings tab and create a backup


A zip file will be downloaded to your computer.

Use a script to hit the API endpoint for creating backups, see [[API|Advanced/API#example-use-cases]]

You can automate the script using a cron job to create daily or weekly backups.

1. Create a backup

2. Verify your Docker Volumes

3. Run the command `docker compose pull`

4. The, run the command `docker compose up` to start the container

If your Docker Volumes are bound and persisted correctly, you should have no loss of data.

1. Create a backup