# Does web based updates replace rebuilding the container?

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**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-web-based-updates-replace-rebuilding-the-container/102090 "2018-11-15T06:47:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-web-based-updates-replace-rebuilding-the-container/102090/12 "2019-11-03T21:49:30Z")

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I’m getting ready to migrate to separate data containers as described above.

When upgrading, do I ever need to update the data container? If so, when?

Also, can I assume the web container upgrade process will make necessary changes to the data tables, etc?

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