Update Olares

Olares regularly releases new versions with feature improvements and usability enhancements. This guide explains how to check for and install system updates.

Olares admin required

Only Olares admin can perform system updates. Updates will apply to all members within the same Olares cluster.

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For details on Olares versioning practices and the current limitations regarding cross-minor version upgrades (e.g. 1.10.5 to 1.11.0), see Olares versioning.

Check and install updates

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Review the release notes before updating to learn about new features and important changes.

1. Open Settings, and click System > Version.
2. Click Upgrade now when there is an available new version.

You'll see a confirmation message when update completed.

Update olaresd manually

olaresd is the core daemon process of the Olares system responsible for various key management functions. In some cases, after your update Olares via the Settings app, a manual update of olaresd may be required to resolve issues where certain services fail to operate correctly.

To confirm if this step is required, refer to the Release notes.

To update olaresd manually:

1. Open Control Hub, and navigate to Terminal > Olares.
2. Execute the following command in the terminal:

   curl -SsfL https://dc3p1870nn3cj.cloudfront.net/upgrade_1_11_5.sh | bash -

   where:
   • 1_11_5 means to upgrade olaresd and olares-cli to version 1.11.5.