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grafana/docs/sources/shared/upgrade/upgrade-common-tasks.md

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---
labels:
products:
- enterprise
- oss
title: Upgrade guide common tasks
---
## Upgrade Grafana
The following sections provide instructions for how to upgrade Grafana based on your installation method. For more information on where to find configuration files, refer to [Configuration file location](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#configuration-file-location).
### Debian
To upgrade Grafana installed from a Debian package (`.deb`), complete the following steps:
1. In your current installation of Grafana, save your custom configuration changes to a file named `<grafana_install_dir>/grafana.ini`.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. [Download](https://grafana.com/grafana/download?platform=linux) the latest version of Grafana.
1. Run the following `dpkg -i` command.
```bash
wget <debian package url>
sudo apt-get install -y adduser
sudo dpkg -i grafana_<version>_amd64.deb
```
### APT repository
To upgrade Grafana installed from the Grafana Labs APT repository, complete the following steps:
1. In your current installation of Grafana, save your custom configuration changes to a file named `<grafana_install_dir>/grafana.ini`.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. Run the following commands:
```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
```
Grafana automatically updates when you run `apt-get upgrade`.
### Binary .tar file
To upgrade Grafana installed from the binary `.tar.gz` package, complete the following steps:
1. In your current installation of Grafana, save your custom configuration changes to the custom configuration file, `custom.ini` or `grafana.ini`.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. [Download](https://grafana.com/grafana/download) the binary `.tar.gz` package.
1. Extract the downloaded package and overwrite the existing files.
### RPM or YUM
To upgrade Grafana installed using RPM or YUM complete the following steps:
1. In your current installation of Grafana, save your custom configuration changes to a file named `<grafana_install_dir>/grafana.ini`.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. Perform one of the following steps based on your installation.
- If you [downloaded an RPM package](https://grafana.com/grafana/download) to install Grafana, then complete the steps documented in [Install Grafana on Red Hat, RHEL, or Fedora](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/setup-grafana/installation/redhat-rhel-fedora/) or [Install Grafana on SUSE or openSUSE](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>//setup-grafana/installation/suse-opensuse/) to upgrade Grafana.
- If you used the Grafana YUM repository, run the following command:
```bash
sudo yum update grafana
```
- If you installed Grafana on openSUSE or SUSE, run the following command:
```bash
sudo zypper update
```
### Docker
To upgrade Grafana running in a Docker container, complete the following steps:
1. Use Grafana [environment variables](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/<GRAFANA_VERSION>/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#override-configuration-with-environment-variables) to save your custom configurations; this is the recommended method. Alternatively, you can view your configuration files manually by accessing the deployed container.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. Run a commands similar to the following commands.
{{% admonition type="note" %}}
This is an example. The parameters you enter depend on how you configured your Grafana container.
{{% /admonition %}}
```bash
docker pull grafana/grafana
docker stop my-grafana-container
docker rm my-grafana-container
docker run -d --name=my-grafana-container --restart=always -v /var/lib/grafana:/var/lib/grafana grafana/grafana
```
### Windows
To upgrade Grafana installed on Windows, complete the following steps:
1. In your current installation of Grafana, save your custom configuration changes to a file named `<grafana_install_dir>/conf/custom.ini`.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. [Download](https://grafana.com/grafana/download) the Windows binary package.
1. Extract the contents of the package to the location in which you installed Grafana.
You can overwrite existing files and folders, when prompted.
### Mac
To upgrade Grafana installed on Mac, complete the following steps:
1. In your current installation of Grafana, save your custom configuration changes to the custom configuration file, `custom.ini`.
This enables you to upgrade Grafana without the risk of losing your configuration changes.
1. [Download](https://grafana.com/grafana/download) the Mac binary package.
1. Extract the contents of the package to the location in which you installed Grafana.
You can overwrite existing files and folders, when prompted.
## Update Grafana plugins
After you upgrade Grafana, we recommend that you update all plugins because a new version of Grafana
can make older plugins stop working properly.
Run the following command to update plugins:
```bash
grafana cli plugins update-all
```