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# Upgrade

This article walks you through how to upgrade your Coder server.
This article describes how to upgrade your Coder server.

> [!CAUTION]
> Prior to upgrading a production Coder deployment, take a database snapshot since
> Coder does not support rollbacks.

To upgrade your Coder server, simply reinstall Coder using your original method
## Reinstall Coder to upgrade

To upgrade your Coder server, reinstall Coder using your original method
of [install](../install).

## Via install.sh
### Coder install script

If you installed Coder using the `install.sh` script, re-run the below command
on the host:
1. If you installed Coder using the `install.sh` script, re-run the below command
on the host:

```shell
curl -L https://coder.com/install.sh | sh
```
```shell
curl -L https://coder.com/install.sh | sh
```

The script will unpack the new `coder` binary version over the one currently
installed. Next, you can restart Coder with the following commands (if running
it as a system service):
1. If you're running Coder as a system service, you can restart it with `systemctl`:

```shell
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart coder
```
```shell
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart coder
```

### Other upgrade methods

<div class="tabs">

## Via docker-compose
### docker-compose

If you installed using `docker-compose`, run the below command to upgrade the
Coder container:
Expand All @@ -36,12 +40,30 @@ Coder container:
docker-compose pull coder && docker-compose up -d coder
```

## Via Kubernetes
### Kubernetes

See
[Upgrading Coder via Helm](../install/kubernetes.md#upgrading-coder-via-helm).

## Via Windows
### Coder AMI on AWS

1. Run the Coder installation script on the host:

```shell
curl -L https://coder.com/install.sh | sh
```

The script will unpack the new `coder` binary version over the one currently
installed.

1. Restart the Coder system process with `systemctl`:

```shell
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart coder
```

### Windows

Download the latest Windows installer or binary from
[GitHub releases](https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/latest), or upgrade
Expand All @@ -50,3 +72,5 @@ from Winget.
```pwsh
winget install Coder.Coder
```

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I think this was an accident to add since this is just Markdown.

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Thanks! this is (closing) our tabs component. Makes it look like this:

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oh interesting!

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