The Updating process depends on your chosen method of [installation](/install/docker)

While intermediate updates can be skipped when updating please make sure to
**read the release notes** in case some special action is required to update.

## Docker
For all setups using Docker the updating process look something like this

0. Before updating it is recommended to **create a [backup](/system/backup)!**
1. Stop the container using `docker-compose down`
2. Pull the latest image using `docker-compose pull`
3. Start the container again using `docker-compose up -d`

## Manual

For all setups using a manual installation updates usually involve downloading the latest source code from GitHub.
After that make sure to run:

1. `pip install -r requirements.txt`
2. `manage.py collectstatic`
3. `manage.py migrate`
4. `cd ./vue`
5. `yarn install`
6. `yarn build`

To install latest libraries, apply all new migrations and collect new static files.

## PostgreSQL

Postgres does not automatically upgrade database files when you change versions and requires manual intervention.
One option is to manually [backup/restore](https://docs.tandoor.dev/system/updating/#postgresql) the database.

A full list of options to upgrade a database provide in the [official PostgreSQL documentation](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/upgrading.html).

1.  Collect information about your environment.

``` bash
grep -E 'POSTGRES|DATABASE' ~/.docker/compose/.env
docker ps -a --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Status}}' | awk 'NR == 1 || /postgres/ || /recipes/'
```

2. Export the tandoor database

``` bash
docker exec -t {{database_container}} pg_dumpall -U {{djangouser}} > ~/tandoor.sql
```

3. Stop the postgres container
``` bash
docker stop {{database_container}} {{tandoor_container}}
```

4. Rename the tandoor volume

``` bash
sudo mv ~/.docker/compose/postgres ~/.docker/compose/postgres.old
```

5. Update image tag on postgres container.

 ``` yaml
 db_recipes:
   restart: always
   image: postgres:16-alpine
   volumes:
     - ./postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   env_file:
     - ./.env
 ```

6. Pull and rebuild container.

  ``` bash
  docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d
  ```

7. Import the database export

  ``` bash
  cat ~/tandoor.sql | sudo docker exec -i {{database_container}} psql postgres -U {{djangouser}}
  ```
  8. Install postgres extensions
  ``` bash
  docker exec -it {{database_container}} psql postgres -U {{djangouser}}
  ```
  then
  ``` psql
  CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS unaccent;
  CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm;
  ```

If anything fails, go back to the old postgres version and data directory and try again.

There are many articles and tools online that might provide a good starting point to help you upgrade [1](https://thomasbandt.com/postgres-docker-major-version-upgrade), [2](https://github.com/tianon/docker-postgres-upgrade), [3](https://github.com/vabene1111/DockerPostgresBackups).