How to Upgrade my Rocket.Chat Droplet?

Hi @c0a35a520ad745a68caf5e86d2a69,

Usually you can update Rocket.Chat server pretty easily.

1. Stop Rocket.Chat service:

sudo systemctl stop rocketchat

2. Remove the installation folder, usually in /opt:

sudo rm -rf /opt/Rocket.Chat

3. Make sure you have the needed build packages

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential graphicsmagick

5. Download Rocket.Chat latest version:

curl -L https://releases.rocket.chat/latest/download -o /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz
tar -xzf /tmp/rocket.chat.tgz -C /tmp

6. Install it and set right permissions to Rocket.Chat folder:

cd /tmp/bundle/programs/server && npm install
sudo mv /tmp/bundle /opt/Rocket.Chat
sudo chown -R rocketchat:rocketchat /opt/Rocket.Chat

7. Start the service:

sudo systemctl start rocketchat

More about that here:

https://docs.rocket.chat/deploy/updating-rocket.chat

In the above you can see how to update your RocketChat using **Docker **or with SNAP.

Additionally, just to be sure create a snapshot before the Upgrade process in case something breaks.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/images/snapshots/