I am having trouble finding the official recommended guide to update to latest version of node red. I am using Pi devices, so know that a bit of unique case. But I have seen references to node-red-upgrade command or script, my installation has no such script I can find. I believe I can just rerun…

[image] Colin: I think it might be worthwhile having an Upgrading page, As I said, we had this page before and it was full of if/but/maybes because there are so many different ways users might have installed everything to begin with. And it was a common source of confusion. [image] Colin: …

That is why we, if I can be so bold, approach this as best practice type of thing, not with an explicit detailed procedure. For example: WHAT TO DO BEFORE UPGRADE Backup flows file to a safe location. Suggested backup is to different media than where node-red is at present, a different disk, S…

[image] knolleary: As I said, we had this page before and it was full of if/but/maybes On the Getting Started page there are nine ways to get started. The upgrading page might effectively be a repeat of that page saying to find the upgrade instructions there, for each of the installation met…

[image] Colin: I think that page does not have the best title. For a page in the FAQ section titled 'what version's of node are supported' then the title is ideal.

Does my reply above not serve as a possible way to tackle this issue?

It is a possible way. But it doesn't cover all the ground that needs to be covered. It assumes there is a script to run. That is only true if you installed using the script, which only applies for Pis (or ubuntu/deb based systems). If you're running on IBM Cloud or with docker or with a local npm i…

I think upgrading and backup are two different topics, and while doing a backup at upgrade time is valid there should be no necessity to do so (on this Pi/debian thread anyway) - as a) the script does not touch your flows files b) if an LTS version of nodejs is installed again the script doesn't tou…

@knolleary Yes, my Pi bias is there :slight_smile: @dceejay I disagree, a backup is always a best practice before any type of upgrade in place. That is my enterprise IT experience history chiming in. You never know what or when something will go sideways. Even if the script (Pi bias again) ne…

all running with --safe does after an upgrade is not run the flow - so all it tells you is that you can still see it in the editor - It won't tell you it's about to go into a spin or crash when you do hit deploy. So you still have to deploy and find out.... so doesn't protect anyone from anything, i…

Correct, --safe is just as you note.

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