Upgrading from v0.16.0 to v0.17.0 is fairly straightforward, and only requires running postgres migrations. This guide will walk you through the process of upgrading your Dittofeed instance.

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Upgrade Dittofeed in Docker Compose

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Step 1: Setting Up Your docker-compose.lite.yaml File

First, add the environment variable BOOTSTRAP: "false" to your docker-compose.lite.yaml file, if it isn’t set already. This will prevent your lite instance from running bootstrap operations when it restarts.

Next, make sure you have an admin-cli instance specified in our docker-compose.lite.yaml file. We’ll be using this service to run our migrations.

Your docker-compose.lite.yaml file should look something like this:

...
services:
  lite:
    image: dittofeed/dittofeed-lite:${IMAGE_TAG:-v0.16.0}
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - temporal
      - clickhouse-server
    environment:
      <<: *backend-app-env
      # uncomment while upgrading dittofeed
      BOOTSTRAP: "false"
    env_file:
      - .env
    networks:
      - dittofeed-network-lite
  # useful for upgrading dittofeed
  admin-cli:
    image: dittofeed/dittofeed-lite:${IMAGE_TAG:-v0.17.0}
    entrypoint: []
    profiles: ["admin-cli"]
    command: tail -f /dev/null
    tty: true
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - temporal
      - clickhouse-server
    environment:
      <<: *backend-app-env
    env_file:
      - .env
    networks:
      - dittofeed-network-lite
...

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Step 2: Start the admin-cli Service

Next, run the following command to start your admin-cli service:

docker compose --profile admin-cli -f docker-compose.lite.yaml up admin-cli -d

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Step 3: Run the Migrations

Run Dittofeed’s database migrations before deploying the new version of Dittofeed:

./scripts/admin-lite.sh prisma migrate deploy

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Step 4: Upgrade Your docker-compose.lite.yaml File

Upgrade the version in your docker-compose.lite.yaml file to v0.17.0:

...
services:
  lite:
    image: dittofeed/dittofeed-lite:${IMAGE_TAG:-v0.17.0}
...

Now restart your lite instance:

docker compose -f docker-compose.lite.yaml up lite -d --force-recreate

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Step 5: Stop the admin-cli Service

Finally, stop the admin-cli service:

docker compose --profile admin-cli -f docker-compose.lite.yaml stop admin-cli

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Upgrade Dittofeed in Kubernetes

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Step 1: Setting Up Your dittofeed values.yaml File

First, add the environment variable BOOTSTRAP: "false" to your values.yaml file for the dittofeed helm chart, if it isn’t set already. This will prevent your lite instance from running bootstrap operations when it restarts.

env:
  - name: BOOTSTRAP
    value: "false"

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Step 2: Install the dittofeed-admin-cli Chart

Next, run the following command to install the dittofeed-admin-cli chart:

helm upgrade --install dittofeed-admin-cli ./dittofeed/helm-charts/dittofeed-admin-cli

Make sure that the dittofeed-admin-cli pod is running the version of the dittofeed-admin-cli chart that you’re upgrading to.

appVersion: "v0.17.0"

Or set the tag in your values.yaml file to v0.17.0:

image:
  tag: v0.17.0

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Step 3: Run the Migrations

Run Dittofeed’s database migrations before deploying the new version of Dittofeed:

Exec into the dittofeed-admin-cli pod:

kubectl exec -it deployment/dittofeed-admin-cli -- /bin/bash

Run the migrations:

./admin.sh prisma migrate deploy

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Step 4: Upgrade the Dittofeed Chart

Update the tag in your values.yaml file to v0.17.0:

image:
  tag: v0.17.0

Upgrade the dittofeed chart:

helm upgrade --install dittofeed ./dittofeed/helm-charts/dittofeed

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Step 5: Uninstall the dittofeed-admin-cli Helm Chart

Finally, uninstall the dittofeed-admin-cli deployment:

helm uninstall dittofeed-admin-cli