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# Upgrades

## Introduction

As of 0.9.4, upgrading Netmaker is a manual process. This is expected to be automated in the future, but for now is still a relatively straightforward process.

## Upgrade the Server (netmaker)

To upgrade the server, you only need to change the docker image versions:

1. ssh root@my-server-ip

2. docker compose down

3. vi docker-compose.yml

4. Change gravitl/netmaker:<version> and gravitl/netmaker-ui:<version> to the new version.

5. Save and close the file

6. docker-compose up -d

## Upgrade the Clients (netclient)

To upgrade the client, you must get the new client binary and place it in /etc/netclient. Depending on the new vs. old version, there may be minor incompatibilities (discussed below).

1. Vists https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/releases/

2. Find the appropriate binary for your machine.

3. Download. E.x.: wget https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/releases/download/vX.X.X/netclient-myversion

4. Rename binary to netclient and move to folder. E.x.: mv netclient-myversion /etc/netclient/netclient

5. netclient –version (confirm it’s the correct version)

6. netclient pull

This last step helps ensure any newly added fields are now present. You may run into a “panic” based on missing fields and your version mismatch. In such cases, you can either:

1. Add the missing field to /etc/netclient/config/netconfig-yournetwork and then run “netclient checkin”

or

2. Leave and rejoin the network