# About upgrading Discourse from the Admin dashboard **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-upgrading-discourse-from-the-admin-dashboard/258664 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-upgrading-discourse-from-the-admin-dashboard/258664 "2023-03-19T17:00:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S) #### Post date: [March 20, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-upgrading-discourse-from-the-admin-dashboard/258664/3 "2023-03-20T08:16:46Z")
Note that a dashboard upgrade is not always available, and when it is available, it’s not always successful. You might find you need to do a command-line upgrade after all, so make sure you have the time to do that. With a command-line upgrade, you can expect 5 to 10 mins of downtime, maybe more, depending on how big your data is and how fast your host. There is an advanced setup which delivers zero downtime, or very short downtime - you’ll need expertise! I haven’t tried this. [Move from standalone container to separate web and data containers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-upgrading-discourse-from-the-admin-dashboard/258664)._