Updating myNode using CLI

Attention!

If you are upgrading from version v0.1.81, v0.1.82, or v0.1.83 to v0.1.84+ you may need to run this command or the upgrade will not succeed.

sudo sed -i "s;${DEVICE_TYPE}/\* / >;${DEVICE_TYPE}/\* /;g" /usr/bin/mynode_upgrade.sh

Steps to upgrade

Assuming the local IP of your myNode is 192.168.1.50

1. Open Terminal in Linux/Mac, install Putty or any other SSH client in Windows
2. Remote login to your mynode by ssh admin@mynode.local or ssh admin@192.168.1.50. Enter your password when prompted (no asterisks or dots will be shown while you type).
3. If you are upgrading for the first time, clone the github repository: git clone https://github.com/mynodebtc/mynode.git mynode-git
4. Move inside the git repo: cd mynode-git
5. Download the latest commits from github: git pull. Note that the latest commits might be experimental and untested.
6. Create a tar file of root filesystem: make rootfs
7. Start a web-server: make start_file_server
8. Move back to home folder: cd ~
9. Unpack the TAR file and apply the upgrade: sudo mynode-local-upgrade localhost. This step should install all dependencies and apply upgrades followed by a reboot (which should automatically log you out).

Repeat step 9 if there's any error.

To apply subsequent upgrades, skip the Step 7. You will get a harmless message "HTTP Server appears to already be running" if you repeat step 7. You can choose to stop the file server using make stop_file_server.