Updates and data migrations can be tricky business. We’d love to help on Discord.
If you want to migrate secrets, please make sure to save your database encryption / decryption Fernet key. You can find this key in your .env file assigned to the environment variable: TRACECAT__DB_ENCRYPTION_KEY.

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Docker Compose

1

Download latest environment variables migration script and template

Fetch the latest environment variables migration script env-migration.sh and template .env.example to ensure compatibility with the new Tracecat version.
curl -o env-migration.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat/0.42.9/env-migration.sh
curl -o .env.example https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat/0.42.9/.env.example
2

Execute environment variables migration

Run the environment variables migration script to update your existing .env file with any new or changed variables.
chmod +x env-migration.sh && ./env-migration.sh
3

Update Docker Compose Configuration

Download the latest Docker Compose file.
curl -o docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat/0.42.9/docker-compose.yml
4

Update Caddyfile

Download the latest Caddyfile.
curl -o Caddyfile https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TracecatHQ/tracecat/0.42.9/Caddyfile
5

Restart Tracecat

Run docker compose up using the new Docker Compose and .env files.

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Update Integrations

Integrations are not automatically updated when you update the Tracecat version. You will need to manually sync the tracecat_registry repository from the Registry page: Sync registry

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Terraform Deployments

All of Tracecat’s Cloud deployments are configured using Terraform. To update Tracecat, update the Terraform variable tracecat_image_tag to the latest version and run terraform apply.

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Data Migration

Data migrations are non-trivial operations. We recommend backing up your database before running migrations, especially in a production environment.
If the API service fails to spin up due to a data migration error, do not worry. Your data is still intact. Make sure you backup the core Tracecat database:
  • For Docker Compose and AWS EC2 deployments, this would be the core-db volume in Tracecat’s Docker stack.
  • For AWS ECS Fargate deployments, backups are created automatically as part of the RDS postgres service. Just run terraform apply with var.restore_from_backup set to true to restore the latest RDS snapshot.
If you need live migration support, contact us on Discord or email founders@tracecat.com!