Upgrade Guide

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.

Create A Backup

Manual Method

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.

Automated Method

Use a script to hit the API endpoint for creating backups, see API

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

Docker

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.

Windows/Linux Standalone

1. Create a backup
2. Download the latest version of LubeLogger from the Release section
3. Extract the archive over your existing LubeLogger installation.
4. Restore the backup if there is data loss