pleroma/docs/administration/updating.md

Updating your instance

You should always check the release notes/changelog in case there are config deprecations, special update steps, etc.

Besides that, doing the following is generally enough:

For OTP installations

# Download the new release
su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl update"

# Migrate the database, you are advised to stop the instance before doing that
su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl migrate"

For from source installations (using git)

1. Go to the working directory of Pleroma (default is /opt/pleroma)
2. Run git pull. This pulls the latest changes from upstream.
3. Run mix deps.get ¹. This pulls in any new dependencies.
4. Stop the Pleroma service.
5. Run mix ecto.migrate ^{1 2}. This task performs database migrations, if there were any.
6. Start the Pleroma service.

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1. Depending on which install guide you followed (for example on Debian/Ubuntu), you want to run mix tasks as pleroma user by adding sudo -Hu pleroma before the command. ↩︎

2. Prefix with MIX_ENV=prod to run it using the production config file. ↩︎