Updating your Portainer Server

• Stop Portainer

  docker stop portainer
  

• Remove Portainer Container

  docker rm portainer
  

• Re-pull the Community Edition image

  docker pull portainer/portainer-ce:lts
  

• Re-deploy the Community Edition Container

  docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce:lts
  

Updating the Edge Agent

• Stop and Remove Portainer Edge Agent

  docker stop portainer_edge_agent
  docker rm portainer_edge_agent
  

• Re-pull the image

  docker pull portainer/agent:lts
  

• Re-deploy Container

  docker run -d \\\\
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \\\\
  -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes \\\\
  -v /:/host \\\\
  -v portainer_agent_data:/data \\\\
  --restart always \\\\
  -e EDGE=1 \\\\
  -e EDGE_ID=[EDGE_OD] \\\\
  -e EDGE_KEY=[EDGE_KEY] \\\\
  -e EDGE_INSECURE_POLL=1 \\\\
  --name portainer_edge_agent \\\\
  portainer/agent:lts
  

• eg. (Hob Goblin)

  docker run -d \\\\
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \\\\
  -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes \\\\
  -v /:/host \\\\
  -v portainer_agent_data:/data \\\\
  --restart always \\\\
  -e EDGE=1 \\\\
  -e EDGE_ID=792e0e21-43e0-4e7a-a59a-37e3215b575a \\\\
  -e EDGE_KEY=aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3J0YWluZXIuZ2Vla3l3b21iYXQuY29tfHBvcnRhaW5lci5nZWVreXdvbWJhdC5jb206ODAwMHxOdlp6WGhMVWczMThKQkdBdW9Xek9aZUJvbmJZQzJ1aXBra1d4bFZsT0NvPXwxMQ \\\\
  -e EDGE_INSECURE_POLL=1 \\\\
  --name portainer_edge_agent \\\\
  portainer/agent:lts
  

• eg. (Dr. Octopus)

  docker run -d \\\\
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \\\\
  -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes \\\\
  -v /:/host \\\\
  -v portainer_agent_data:/data \\\\
  --restart always \\\\
  -e EDGE=1 \\\\
  -e EDGE_ID=b1ec389b-e382-4e08-a7f8-22df44d83e5a \\\\
  -e EDGE_KEY=aHR0cHM6Ly8xMDAuNzIuNzIuMjE0Ojk0NDN8MTAwLjcyLjcyLjIxNDo4MDAwfE52WnpYaExVZzMxOEpCR0F1b1d6T1plQm9uYllDMnVpcGtrV3hsVmxPQ289fDk \\\\
  -e EDGE_INSECURE_POLL=1 \\\\
  --name portainer_edge_agent \\\\
  portainer/agent:lts
  

Agent-only update

• Stop Portainer Agent

  docker stop portainer_agent
  

• Remove Portainer Container Agent

  docker rm portainer_agent
  

• Re-pull the image

  docker pull portainer/agent:lts
  

• Re-deploy Container

  docker run -d -p 9001:9001 --name portainer_agent --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes portainer/agent:lts
  

Reference:

• https://docs.portainer.io/start/upgrade/docker
• https://docs.portainer.io/start/upgrade/edge