Last Updated: 3/7/2026

LinkAce Upgrade guide

General upgrade guide

Please follow these instructions to upgrade LinkAce to a newer version.

LinkAce has its own update script which will guide you trough the update process. You can download the script from the repository: update-docker.sh

Alternatively, you can run all actions on your own. This might be helpful if you have a non-standard environment.

Stop your current containers:
```
docker-compose down 
```
This step only applies to the advanced setup method. Delete the current app volume, where linkace_linkace_app is the name of your volume. You may find the exact name by running docker volume ls, the volume must end with linkace_app.
```
docker volume rm linkace_linkace_app 
```
Pull the new image:
```
docker pull linkace/linkace 
```
Restart your container:
```
docker-compose up -d 
```
Run the database migrations and delete the current cache:
```
docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan migrate docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan cache:clear docker exec -it linkace_app_1 php artisan settings:clear-cache 
```
You may get a warning about running the migration in production mode. You should confirm the migration by answering with yes.

Make sure to check the version-specific upgrade guides to make sure you don’t miss additional important steps.

Get the latest version of LinkAce by downloading the package from the releases page . Overwrite all existing files with the new ones. If you want to keep your log files, skip the storage/logs folder.
Run the database migrations which are needed after all updates and delete the current cache:
```
php artisan migrate php artisan cache:clear php artisan settings:clear-cache 
```
You may get a warning about running the migration in production mode. You should confirm the migration by answering with yes. Make sure to check the version-specific upgrade guides to make sure you don’t miss additional important steps.

At the moment, no specific steps are required to upgrade to a LinkAce 2 version.