From a477eb61e76ee617e6fdf02f070ff66edcaeaa79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jari=20Sch=C3=A4fer?= <jari.schaefer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:20:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] documentation for update procedure (issue #55)

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 README.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5e4409..181a6a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # docker-librenms
+
 Docker image for LibreNMS
 
 **This document refers to the master branch and does not necessarily correspond to the version that you are running.**
@@ -109,6 +110,12 @@ matches its alias inside the container if you intend to modify it.
 		--name librenms \
 		jarischaefer/docker-librenms
 
+## Updating the container
+
+1. Pick a release from the [Releases page](https://github.com/jarischaefer/docker-librenms/releases)
+2. Run `docker pull jarischaefer/docker-librenms:{release}` and restart your container using the new version
+3. Run `docker exec librenms setup_database`
+
 ## SSL
 
 Mount another directory containing `ssl.key`, `ssl.crt` and optionally `ssl.ocsp.crt` to enable HTTPS.