How to properly update changedetection

[edoardottt]

I'm running a selfhosted changedetection v0.39.20.4 in my home network (installed pulling the git code, then docker compose up -d).
I can even delete and reinstall the main branch from git (now 0.41), but still I have all my data (watches, urls, tags etc..) but the running version is still v0.39.20.4.
I guess it's because of the docker volume that is persistent (?).

What if I want to update regularly changedection to new versions, but at the same time keep all the data?

Thanks!

[dhanadhan]

I highly recommend Portainer. It's just a docker container to manage docker containers using UI. From there you can easily update containers by pulling new images.

[edoardottt]

And you can confirm that is it possible to update changedetection image without affecting the data ?
I need to be sure because I can't lose all the URLs stored there

[dgtlmoon]

no, it depends how you set it up.

[edoardottt]

thanks for the answer. I've used git clone and then docker compose up -d

[jimangel]

If using the docker-compose.yml file and just want the latest image to update (assuming persistent storage/default):

(Optional) pull the latest files: git pull

Stop the deployment, get the latest image, and start it back up in background:

# stop the deployment
docker-compose down

# get latest image
docker-compose pull changedetection

# run in bg (-d)
docker compose up -d